Trucial States

Trucial States
الإمارات المتصالحة (Arabic)
*Al-Imārāt al-Mutaṣāliḥa*
Trucial States الإمارات المتصالحة (Arabic); Al-Imārāt al-Mutaṣāliḥa
1820–1971
	Flag of the Council; (1968–1971) Emblem; (1968–1971)
	Map of the Trucial States prior to the 1974 Treaty of Jeddah
Status	Persian Gulf Residency of the East India Company (1820–1858) and the British Raj (1858–1947); Informal British protectorate (1947–1971);
Capital	Abu Dhabi
Common languages	Arabic; English;
Ethnic groups	80% Arabs; 20% others
Religion	Sunni Islam
Demonym	Trucials
Government	Tribal confederation(s)
Political Representatives
• 1939–1940 (first)	John Baron Howes
• 1971 (last)	Julian F. Walker
Historical era	New Imperialism to Cold War
• General Maritime Treaty	8 January 1820
• Perpetual Maritime Truce	4 May 1853
• Trucial States Council	21 March 1952
• End of protectorate	1 December 1971
• United Arab Emirates	2 December 1971
Population
• 1968 census	459,000
Currency	Ottoman lira; (1820–1899); Indian rupee; (1899–1959); Gulf rupee; (1959–1966); Bahraini dinar; (1966–1971);
Preceded by	Succeeded by
	Abu Dhabi
	Ajman
	Dubai
	Umm Al Quwain
	Fujairah
	Ras Al Khaimah
	Sharjah
United Arab Emirates
Ras al Khaimah
Today part of	United Arab Emirates

The Trucial States, also known as the Trucial Coast, or the Trucial Sheikhdoms, or Trucial Oman, was a group of tribal confederations in southeastern Arabia south of the Persian Gulf whose leaders had signed protective treaties with the British Empire between 1820 and 1892.

The Trucial States remained an informal British protectorate until the treaties were revoked on 1 December 1971. The following day, six of the sheikhdoms—Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm Al Quwain and Fujairah—formed the United Arab Emirates; the seventh, Ras Al Khaimah, joined on 10 February 1972.