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General Maritime Treaty of 1820
The General Maritime Treaty of 1820 was signed between Britain and the sheikhs of the coast of the lower Gulf after a British expedition destroyed the Qawasim fleet at Ras al-Khaimah in 1819. The rulers bound themselves to give up piracy and plunder at sea. It began British supremacy over what became the Trucial Coast, later strengthened by the Perpetual Maritime Truce of 1853 and the protection treaties of 1892.
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