British-protected union of Arab sheikhdoms along the lower Persian Gulf coast (Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm al-Quwain, Ras al-Khaimah, Fujairah), bound by 19th-century truces suppressing maritime raiding.
British protection treaties ended 1971; the seven sheikhdoms united to form the United Arab Emirates on 2 December 1971 (already canonical, id: united_arab_emirates).
The atlas holds 3 border frames for Trucial States — the shape you scrub through changes in 1820 · 1905 · 1934.
Classic political and social history of the Trucial States and their federation into the United Arab Emirates.
The standard political and social history of the Trucial States on their way to becoming the UAE.