1965 Sharjawi coup d'état

Coup in the United Arab Emirates 1965 Sharjawi coup Sharjah in United Arab Emirates.svg 200px Map Emirate of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates June 24, 1965 Emirate of Sharjah 25.3575 N 55.390833 E title Coup Succeeded Sheikh Saqr Al Qasimi deposed Sheikh Khalid Al Qasimi installed Saqr would attempt to retake the throne in 1972 Sharjah Sharjah Sharjah Al Qasimi councilUnited Kingdom United Kingdom Sharjah Saqr Al Qasimi Sharjah Khalid Al Qasimi United Kingdom Terence Clark United Kingdom Glencairn Balfour Paul Sharjah Saqr loyalists Trucial States Trucial Oman Scouts In 1965, in coordination with British officials, Khalid Al Qasimi, the cousin of the Sheikh of Sharjah, Saqr Al Qasimi, staged a bloodless palace coup usurping the throne to ensure British interests in the Persian Gulf. Background Saqr, who had been Sheikh since 1951, developed a reputation as the most politically, socially and educationally progressive of the ruling sheikhs in the Trucial States.Ghafoor Ahisha Mitchell Paul Secret deals ending Britain's control in Gulf revealed https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-62713025 BBC 27 March 2025 British officials began to worry about his continued loyalty to the Empire due to his positive opinions on Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser and his sympathies for the Pan-Arab cause. With the outbreak of the Dhofar War in neighboring Oman in 1963 the British became concerned that if Oman fell to the Marxist–Leninist Popular Front for the Liberation of the Occupied Arabian Gulf that the group would make good on their promises and attempt to foster Communist uprisings in the gulf states. The British where so afraid of the Gulf falling to a communist revolution that they sought to depose Arab leaders who refused to take their advice on good governance and military expansion. In the case of Saqr's enthusiastic welcome of an Arab League mission to the Trucial States, British officials were concerned that the mission might provide an opening for Nasser to undermine British presence in the Trucial States.Razzaq Takriti Abdel 1 June 2019 Colonial Coups and the War on Popular Sovereignty https://academic.oup.com/ahr/article/124/3/878/5509795 The American Historical Review 124 3 878–909 10.1093/ahr/rhz459 subscription Coup With the strong support and backing of the Al Qasimi family for his removal,Balfour-Paul Glen Bagpipes in Babylon: a lifetime in the Arab world and beyond 2006 Tauris 978-1-84511-151-9 London 198 Saqr was invited to Dubai for a meeting, which was actually a trap organized by Terence Clark with the Trucial Oman Scouts ambushing and disarming the Sheikh's bodyguards.Ulrichsen Kristian The United Arab Emirates: Power, Politics and Policy-Making December 2016 Taylor & Francis 978-1317603108 47 Saqr was escorted to the airport under armed guard consisting of the Scouts and two British officers, and was sent into exile in Egypt.Ardemagni Eleonora Arab Gulf States: Expanding Roles for the Military Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics 27 October 2020 10.1093/acrefore/9780190228637.013.1792 978-0-19-022863-7 https://oxfordre.com/politics/display/10.1093/acrefore/9780190228637.001.0001/acrefore-9780190228637-e-1792 27 March 2025 en subscription The Al Qasimi family council then appointed Khalid as the new ruler. Legacy One of three British coups in short succession in the Persian Gulf, the British had also toppled the Sheikh of Abu Dhabi in 1966 and the Sultan of Oman in 1970 in order to maintain their continued interests in the region.Bradshaw Tancred Curtis Michael Persian Gulf coups misrepresented Middle Eastern Studies 4 March 2023 59 2 237–255 10.1080/00263206.2022.2080196 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/361129024 27 March 2025 Saqr would attempt to take back his throne following the formation of the United Arab Emirates in December 1971, unsuccessfully attempting a coup in 1972. References Category:Coups d'état in the United Arab Emirates Category:1960s coups d'état Category:June 1965 in Asia Category:1965 conflicts Category:Islamic monarchies