On December 1, 1971 The U . K . ended its relationship with the Trucial States and the sheikhdoms became independent.
22.
British banks also expanded into the small sheikhdoms in the Persian Gulf, British protectorates which were short of modern financial institutions.
23.
In 1820, a number of Sheikhdoms on the southern Persian Gulf coast and the British government signed a maritime peace treaty.
24.
He started his own sheikhdom of Al Alawi in Al Qasha in order to create a safe place for his family and people.
25.
Lower Yafa included some fertile areas of Abyan belonging to the sheikhdoms of Al Saadi, Yaher, Kalad, Thi Nakheb, and Yazidi.
26.
So I threw out the idea of mentioning each sheikhdom and decided to concentrate on the loveliness of the U . A . E . terrain.
27.
The Yafai tribe was traditionally divided into 10 branches or sheikhdoms of which 5 are in Lower Yafa and the other 5 are in Upper Yafa.
28.
The Bani al-Atrash sheikhdom by then had been expanded to include 18 villages ( out of some 62 Druze villages in Jabal Hauran ).
29.
Major localities that were actually part of the sheikhdom that need to be denoted include the following : Gaza, Jaffa, Ramla, Sanur and Damascus.
30.
Unlike previous leaders of the Bani Kaab, Jabir maintained law and order, and established Mohammerah as a free port and sheikhdom, of which he was Sheikh.
