SHARJAH




SHEIKHDOM OF SHARJAH

The city of Sharjah was originally part of the al-Qawasim State of Ras al-Khaimah.
In 1814 Sultan ibn Saqr, a former ruler of this state, seized the city and made it
a separate sheikhdom, even annexing Ras al-Khaimah in 1820. (1)
Sharjah was a signatory of the treaties of 1820, 1835, 1843 and 1853 and became a
British protectorate, subject to the residency of the Persian Gulf in 1892. 

(1) Ras al-Khaimah again was independent from 1869 to 1900 and since 1921.
    The city of Kalba also became a separate sheikhdom in 1936.    
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BRITISH REPRESENTATIVES

See Trucial Coast
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HEADS OF STATE

Sheikhs

House al-Qasimi

1814 - 1866   Sultan ibn Saqr al-Qasimi [ruler of Ras al-
              Khaimah and Sharjah (1803 - 1808), of 
              Sharjah (1814 - 1866) and of Ras al-Khaimah
              (1820 - 1866)]                                 17.. - 1866 
1866 - 1868   Khalid ibn Sultan al-Qasimi, son (ruler of
              Sharjah and Ras al-Khaimah)                    1... - 1868
1868 - 1883   Salim ibn Sultan al-Qasimi, brother (ruler
              of Ras al-Khaimah until 1869), deposed         1... - 1919
1883 - 1914   Saqr ibn Khalid al-Qasimi, son of Sheikh 
              Khalid ibn Sultan (s.a.), (ruler of Ras al-
              Khaimah since 1900)                            18.. - 1914        
1914 - 1924   Khalid ibn Ahmad al-Qasimi, grandson of
              Sheikh Sultan ibn Saqr (s.a.), (ruler of
              Ras al-Khaimah until 1921), deposed
1924 - 1951   Sultan ibn Saqr al-Qasimi, son of Sheikh
              Saqr ibn Khalid (s.a.)                         1... - 1951



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