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Hamad bin Abdullah Al Sharqi
Hamad bin Abdullah Al Sharqi was the chief of the Sharqiyin tribe of Fujairah on the east coast of the Arabian peninsula. In 1902 he asserted Fujairah's independence from the Qawasim of Sharjah, though Britain continued to regard it as part of Sharjah. His family has ruled Fujairah since, and Britain recognised it as a separate trucial state in 1952.
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