Dubai - The History of Dubai
By Harry Preston

The first reference of the city of Dubai goes back to 1799. The Bedouin people Bani Yas left the Wahhabis of Nejd. They after that settled in the existing place of the port of Dubai. Called "Pirates of the Coast, Dubai and neighboring emirates authorized a tranquility treaty (the General Maritime Treaty) on January 8, 1820 with the UK. At first depending on Abu Dhabi, the city and the Emirate of Dubai is separated in 1833 "without resistance".

In 1892, Dubai was placed under the security (a protectorate) of the UK by an exclusivity contract. Unlike their neighbors, the leaders of Dubai fostered trade and many foreign vendors, mostly from India. These merchants moved right into the city, which continued to be best recognized for its pearl exports up until the 1930s.

After the devaluation of the rupee in the Gulf in 1966, Dubai joined Qatar to develop a new money, the riyal Qatar and Dubai. Oil was after that discovered in the Persian Gulf 120 miles from the coastline.

With five various other emirates, Dubai acquired its freedom with the development of the United Arab Emirates on December 2, 1971. They were signed up with next year by the emirate of Ras Al Khaimah and in 1973 the federation adopted the dirham of the UAE as a common currency.

Recently, as a result of the understanding of the government's severe economic reliance of the emirates towards fossil fuels, Dubai converted its economic situation to new modern technologies and trade but also to tourist primarily luxury. These tourist projects were of very big range percentages. In 2006, oil made up much less than 10% of GDP. It represented 30% in 2003 and 45% in the late 1980s.

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