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Rashid bin Humaid Al Nuaimi I

19th century · 19th century

Rashid bin Humaid Al Nuaimi I was the founder of the Sheikhdom of Ajman on the Trucial Coast. A leader of the Na'im tribe, he took the coastal fort of Ajman in 1816 with the support of the Qawasim of Sharjah and established the dynasty that still rules the emirate. He signed the General Maritime Treaty with Britain in 1820.

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