UMM AL-QAIWAIN




SHEIKHDOM OF UMM AL-QAIWAIN

In 1820 the Sheikhdom of Umm al-Qaiwain, ruled by the al-Ali clan of the al-Mu'alla
tribe and till then a dependency of the al-Qawasim state of Ras al-Khaimah, was 
declared independent by the British.
It was a signatory of the treaties of 1820. 1925, 1843 and 1853 and became a British
Protectorate subject to the residency of the Persian Gulf in 1892. 
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BRITISH REPRESENTATIVES

See Trucial Coast
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HEADS OF STATE

Sheikhs

House al-Ali
   
1816 - 1853   Abdallah ibn Rashid al-Mu`alla
1853 - 1872   Ali ibn Abdallah al-Mu'alla, son
1873 - 1904   Ahmad ibn Abdallah al-Mu'alla, brother         18.. - 1904
1904 - 1922   Rashid ibn Ahmad al-Mu'alla, son               1875 - 1922        
1922 - 1923   Abdallah ibn Rashid al-Mu'alla, son
1923 - 1929   Hamad ibn Ibrahim al-Mu'alla, grandson of 
              Sheikh Ahmad ibn Abdallah (s.a.)
1929 - 1981   Ahmad ibn Rashid al-Mu'alla, son of Sheikh 
              Rashid ibn Ahmad (s.a.)                        1904 - 1981
    


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