The Trucial Coast · event 1 of 5

1901

Tariffs abolished. Dubai becomes a free port. Persian merchants from Lingah, where duties have just risen, cross the Gulf and settle in Al Fahidi and Al Shindagha. This is the decision the modern city rests on.

The The Trucial Coast era

  1. 1901
  2. 1929–1930s
  3. 1937
  4. 1958
  5. 1961

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