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Āl bū Falāh
Arabian tribe
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history of United Arab Emirates
- In United Arab Emirates: History of the United Arab Emirates
…Abu Dhabi (members of the Āl Bū Falāḥ tribe), the Banū Yās have been the most powerful element in the region since the mid-19th century. The principal sheikhs along the coast signed a series of agreements during that century—a general treaty of peace in 1820, the perpetual maritime truce in…
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rule in Abu Dhabi
- In Abu Dhabi
…1761, when tribesmen of the Āl Bū Falāh clan of the Banū Yās confederation, rulers of Abu Dhabi then as now, settled there. They moved their headquarters to this coastal islet from the inland Līwā (Al-Jiwāʾ) oasis in 1795. Through most of the 19th and early 20th centuries, the town,…
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