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- 1 2 Heard-Bey, Frauke (2005). From Trucial States to United Arab Emirates : a society in transition. London: Motivate. p. 75. ISBN 1860631673. OCLC 64689681.
- ↑ United Arab Emirates Land Ownership and Agriculture Laws Handbook. International Business Publications. 2015. ISBN 978-1438760193.[ permanent dead link ]
- ↑ Donald Hawley (1970). The Trucial States. Ardent Media. p. 294. ISBN 0049530054.
- ↑ Lorimer, John (1915). Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. British Government, Bombay. p. 1858.
- ↑ William Lancaster; Fidelity Lancaster (2011). Honour is in Contentment: Life Before Oil in Ras Al-Khaimah (UAE). Walter de Gruyter. p. 14. ISBN 978-3110223392.
- ↑ Heard-Bey, Frauke (2005). From Trucial States to United Arab Emirates : a society in transition. London: Motivate. p. 459. ISBN 1860631673. OCLC 64689681.
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