Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum
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Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum
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Sheikh Rashid Al Maktoum, sitting to the left of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, in 1979
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Ruler of Dubai | |
Reign 10 September 1958 – 7 October 1990 | |
Preceded by | Saeed II |
Succeeded by | Maktoum III |
Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates | |
In office 25 April 1979 – 7 October 1990 | |
President | Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan |
Deputy | Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Nahyan Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum |
Preceded by | Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum |
Succeeded by | Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum |
Vice President of the United Arab Emirates | |
In office 2 December 1971 – 7 October 1990 | |
President | Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum |
Personal details | |
Born | 11 June 1912 Dubai, Trucial States |
Died | 7 October 1990 (aged 78) Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
Nationality | Emirati |
Spouse(s) | Sheikha Latifa bint Hamdan bin Zayed al Nahyan (d.1983)[1] |
Children | Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Ahmed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Latifa bint Rashid Al Maktoum Fatima bint Rashid Al Maktoum |
Mother | Sheikha Hessa bint Al Murr[2] |
Father | Saeed bin Maktoum bin Hasher Al Maktoum |
Religion | Islam |
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Development of Dubai
Sheikh Rashid was responsible for the transformation of Dubai from a small cluster of settlements near the Dubai Creek to a modern port city and commercial hub.[4] His famous line, "My grandfather rode a camel, my father rode a camel, I drive a Mercedes, my son drives a Land Rover, his son will drive a Land Rover, but his son will ride a camel",[5] reflected his concern that Dubai's oil, which was discovered in 1966 and which began production in 1969, would run out within a few generations. He therefore worked to develop the economy of Dubai so that it could survive after the end of oil production, and was a driving force behind a number of major infrastructure projects to promote Dubai as a regional hub for trade:- Port Rashid (opened in 1972)
- Al Shindagha Tunnel (opened in 1975)
- Jebel Ali Port (opened in 1979)
- Dubai World Trade Centre (built in 1978)
- The second major dredging and widening of the Dubai Creek (early 1970s)[6]
- Dubai Drydocks (opened in 1983)
Relationship with other emirates
Dubai remained in a stand-off with Abu Dhabi at the time Sheikh Rashid became Ruler of Dubai following the armed border dispute between the two emirates in 1946, and he established a close relationship with Qatar. Sheikh Rashid's daughter married the Emir of Qatar in 1961. In 1966, India devalued the rupee, and Qatar and Dubai adopted the Gulf rupee as a common currency, whilst Abu Dhabi adopted the Bahraini dinar.The Emir of Kuwait assisted in the financing of the Dredging of the Creek, along with a popular issue of bonds, the 'creek bonds' and revenue derived from land reclamation made possible by the dredging.[4] The project resulted in Dubai's rising prominence as an entrepôt, a position cemented by the visionary construction of a 15-berth deep water port, Port Rashid, starting in 1969.
Sheikh Rashid brought Dubai to join Abu Dhabi and other northern Emirates to create the United Arab Emirates in 1971, and in 1973, Dubai joined the other emirates to adopt a uniform currency, the UAE dirham.
Jebel Ali port was established in 1979, and the customs free zone Jebel Ali Free Zone (JAFZ) was built around the port in 1985. By the late 1990s JAFZ developed into a commercial free zone.
Family
Left to right: Sheikh Rashid, Adi Bitar, and Sheikh Rashid's sons Mohammed and Maktoum, both future rulers of Dubai, in 1968
- Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum (1943–2006).
- Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum (born 1945).
- Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum (born 1949).
- Ahmed bin Rashid Al Maktoum (born 1950).
- Maryam bint Rashid Al Maktoum married to first Qatari emir, Ahmad bin Ali Al Thani.[7]
- Fatima bint Rashid Al Maktoum.[citation needed] Married to Rashid bin Khalifa Al Maktoum one son and Daughter Mohammed and Latifa 1996
- Hassa bint Rashid Al Maktoum married to Ahmad bin Maktoum bin Juma Al Maktoum they have Latifa and Rashid
- Maitha bint Rashid Al Maktoum
- Shaikha bint Rashid Al Maktoum married to the Saudi Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Mohammed Al Saud known as Al Samer very famous poet. They have 3 sons Rashid ( b. 1996) Saud, and Mohammed.
Sheikh Rashid was half-brother—46 years older—to Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, presently the Chairman of Emirates Airline.
See also
- Hazza bin Sultan Al Nahyan, friend and relative by marriage
- Timeline of Dubai
References
The sheikh's wife, Sheikha Latifa, a member of Abu Dhabi's ruling family, died in 1983.
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- Wheeler, Julia (5 January 2006). "Dubai's formidable new ruler". BBC News. Retrieved 30 March 2012.
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Preceded by Saeed bin Maktoum bin Hasher Al Maktoum |
Ruler of Dubai 1958–1990 |
Succeeded by Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum |
Preceded by Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum |
Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates 1979–1990 |
Succeeded by Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum |
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