Dubai: A historical background

No ship captain can find a safer and more secure port than Dubai Creek. It is one of the best natural ports in the Gulf, if not in the world. It is 14 kilometres long and its banks have the two advantages of being in the sea and over a giant river. It is natural that it has become the lifeline of Dubai and the source of its survival, excellence and growth over the ages.

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai

Highlights

The Arabian Gulf … a strategic location
The British in the Gulf
The rise of Dubai
Dubai … a free zone since 1903
First seaplane landing in Dubai Creek during Sheikh Saeed's rule