The United Arab Emirates is a state made up of seven sheikdoms (or emirates) and used to be known as the Trucial States, or Trucial Oman, in reference to the treaties between the British and Oman which guaranteed their independence.
The United Arab Emirates ni hali alifanya juu ya sheikdoms saba (au Emirates) na kutumika kuwa inayojulikana kama Marekani Trucial, au Trucial Oman, akiwa na mikataba kati ya Uingereza na Oman ambayo uhakika uhuru wao.