Exclusive Agreement

By the terms of the Exclusive Agreement of 1892, its foreign affairs were placed under British control. During the long rule of Sheikh Zayed ibn Khalifa (1855–1908), Abu Dhabi was the premier power of the Trucial Coast, but in the early 20th century it was outpaced by Sharjah and Dubai.…

…States to Britain, including the Exclusive Agreement, whereby Fujairah undertook to allow all its foreign relations to be conducted by Britain. When Britain announced its intention to leave the Persian Gulf in the late 1960s, Fujairah was a member of the proposed Federation of Arab Emirates; after the withdrawal of…

…under British control by the Exclusive Agreement of 1892. When Britain finally left the Persian Gulf in 1971, Dubai was a prominent founding member of the United Arab Emirates.