Historically the domain of individual Arab clans and families, the location now comprising the emirates also continues to be affected by Persian society owing to its shut proximity to Iran, and its porous maritime borders have for hundreds of years invited migrants and traders from in other places. In the 18th century, Portugal and the Netherlands

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