Federation of Arab Emirates
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Federation of Arab Emirates Union of Arab Emirates |
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.svg) A version similar to the flag of the Federation of Arab Emirates : The flag of that time is said to have had a nine-pointed star instead of the seven-pointed star |
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 Map of the Federation of Arab Emirates |
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| Official language | Arabic |
| Capital | Sharjah |
| Head of state | Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa |
| founding | 1968 |
| resolution | 1971 |
The Federation of Arab Emirates or Union of Arab Emirates was a planned amalgamation of the three Arab Gulf states Bahrain , Qatar and Treaty Man (i.e. the seven Gulf emirates Abu Dhabi , Ajman , Dubai , Fujairah , Ras al-Khaimah , Sharjah, which were still under the British protectorate in 1971 but were independent and Umm al-Qaiwain ).
The federation agreed on February 27, 1968 ( Ittihad ) would initially have encompassed around 100,000 km² and 374,000 predominantly Arab residents. The capital should initially be Sharjah and the first head of the Federation of the Emir of Bahrain , then Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa . The emirs should form a supreme council , the chairmanship of which would change annually. This Supreme Council should delegate the administrative functions to a Federation Council.
For the intended independence, existential problems were to be expected. The Iran raised claims on Bahrain and some Gulf Islands. In order to counter this, Bahrain wanted a counterweight to be closely aligned with Saudi Arabia , which in turn made claims on Qatar and parts of Abu Dhabi. Oman made claims on Abu Dhabi's oasis of Buraimi , and in Sharjah a movement for the connection to Egypt was strong. The desire to extend the British military presence after 1971 was rejected by London and the other sheikdoms.
The unification was finally overtaken with the declarations of independence of Bahrain and Qatar from Great Britain , which were also addressed to the other emirates. In 1971, the remaining Gulf emirates founded the United Arab Emirates under the leadership of Abu Dhabi , Ra's al-Khaimah did not join as the seventh emirate until 1972.
See also
- From 1959 to 1967 there was a state of the same name ( Federation of the United Arab Emirates of the South , from 1962 South Arab Federation ) in South Yemen , which was under British protectorate .
- As early as 1958, a short-lived amalgamation of the Hashemite kingdoms of Jordan and Iraq was designated as the Arab Federation .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Fischer Weltalmanach 1969, pages 14, 324, 343 and 361 Frankfurt / Main 1968.
literature
- Jens Friedemann: The sheikhs are coming. Arabia, the center of new power . Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 1984, ISBN 3-7857-0147-0 .