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Khalid bin Mohammed Al Qasimi

d. 1972 · 20th century

Khalid bin Mohammed Al Qasimi was ruler of Sharjah from 1965, when Britain deposed his cousin Saqr bin Sultan, until 1972. He accepted a memorandum of understanding with Iran over Abu Musa in November 1971 and took Sharjah into the United Arab Emirates at its founding that December. He was killed in January 1972 during a coup attempt led by Saqr.

Khalid bin Mohammed Al Qasimi
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Sheikhdom of Sharjah

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