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1972 in the United Arab Emirates

Last updated February 09, 2025

The following lists events that happened during 1972 in the United Arab Emirates .

Incumbents

Events

January

January 24 - A month after bringing the Emirate of Sharjah into the United Arab Emirates, the emir, Khalid bin Mohammed Al Qasimi was assassinated in a coup attempt by the previous ruler, Saqr bin Sultan al-Qasimi, whom Khalid had overthrown in 1965. Saqr failed to regain the throne, and Sharjah has been ruled since then by Khalid's brother, Sultan bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi.^[1]

February

February 9 - The seventh sheikhdom, Ras al-Khaimah, joins the United Arab Emirates.^[2]

March

March 14 - Sterling Airways Flight 267, which was bringing Danish vacationers home from a holiday in Sri Lanka, crashed on its approach to the Dubai airport. All 112 people on board were killed.^[3]

References

↑ Kourosh Ahmadi, Islands and International Politics in the Persian Gulf (Routledge, 2008), p108
↑ "The Story of the U.A.E." Retrieved January 22, 2015.
↑ Air Disaster Database ^[usurped]; "112 Die as Danish Jetliner Crashes on Arab Island", Pacific Stars and Stripes, March 17, 1972, p1

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[1] Kourosh Ahmadi, Islands and International Politics in the Persian Gulf (Routledge, 2008), p108

[2] "The Story of the U.A.E." Retrieved January 22, 2015.

[3] Air Disaster Database ^[usurped]; "112 Die as Danish Jetliner Crashes on Arab Island", Pacific Stars and Stripes, March 17, 1972, p1

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