| 11. | The result of these fights left Abu Dhabi the most powerful Sheikhdom in the Persian Gulf region.
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| 12. | Until 1971 the sheikhdoms had been protectorates of the United Kingdom, known as the Trucial States.
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| 13. | By the late 1930s, profits rose because of the booming oil industry in the Arab sheikhdoms.
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| 14. | During Ottoman rule, Acre continued to play an important role in the region via smaller autonomous sheikhdoms.
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| 15. | If we use simple income measures, the oil-rich monarchies and sheikhdoms of the Gulf appear developed.
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| 16. | By mid-1971, however, the nine sheikhdoms still had not agreed on the terms of union.
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| 17. | The wealth Zahir accumulated through monopolizing Palestine's cotton and olive oil trade to Europe financed his sheikhdom.
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| 18. | Jazzar Pasha was appointed Wali of Sidon by the Sublime Porte for his role in uprooting the Zaydani sheikhdom.
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| 19. | He encouraged the settlement of al-Qurayya by Druze and Christian peasants and gradually formed his own sheikhdom.
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| 20. | Ilsa reveals that Sharif's young nephew, Prince Salim, is locked up to prevent him inheriting the sheikhdom.
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