The Trucial Coast · event 2 of 5

1929–1930s

The pearl trade collapses. The Japanese cultured pearl and the Great Depression destroy the industry within a decade. Dubai becomes very poor and some families emigrate.

The The Trucial Coast era

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

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