The "'Sheikhdom of Kuwait "'( " " ) was a Sheikhdom which gained independence from the Emirate of Al Hasa in the year 1752.
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OIL-MIDEAST _ KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait _ As times get a little tighter in this oil-rich sheikhdom on the desert, they have even considered raising the price of gasoline.
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The last rulers to bear the titles of Royal Ghassanid successors were the Christian Sheiks Chemor in Mount Lebanon ruling the small sovereign sheikhdom of Zgartha-Zwaiya until 1747 A . D .-
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The earliest known Palmyrene inscription is dated to around 44 BC; Palmyra was still a minor sheikhdom, offering water to caravans which occasionally took the desert route on which it was located.
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Zahir informed the Metawalis'sheikh, Nasif al-Nassar, of his intent to acquire the fortified villages of al-Bassa and Yaroun on the borders between the Zaydani and Metawali sheikhdoms.
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Two sheikhdoms at various times looked as if they might be granted trucial status, affirming their independence from neighbouring Sharjah, Al Hamriyah and Al Heera, but neither signed treaties with the British.
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The truce was renewed every year until 1853, when a treaty was signed with the United Kingdom under which the sheikhs ( the Trucial Sheikhdoms ) agreed to a " perpetual maritime truce ".
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The suit also claims that Sheikh Sultan bin Khalifa al-Nahyan of the oil-rich sheikhdom of Abu Dhabi reneged on repeated pledges to pay for the girl's long-term care.
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Dubai became a separate Sheikhdom in 1833, when the oil was discovered in Dubai, which changed the country beyond recognition and led to Dubai becoming the vibrant, modern, business-centred city-
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These treaties established an informal protectorate by Great Britain, and the sheikhdoms, or emirates, were a British protectorate from 1820 until 2 December 1971, when the seven principal trucial sheikhdoms became independent.
