1972 in the United Arab Emirates

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Decades:	1970s 1980s 1990s
See also:	Other events of 1972 Timeline of Emirati history

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

Incumbents

• President: Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan
• Prime Minister: Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum

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 Mohamed Al-Qasimi.^[1]

February

• February 10 - 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

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; "112 Die as Danish Jetliner Crashes on Arab Island", Pacific Stars and Stripes, March 17, 1972, p1