1972 in the United Arab Emirates

The following lists events that happened during 1972 in the United Arab Emirates.

← 1971 1970 1969 1972 in the United Arab Emirates → 1973 1974 1975
Decades:	1970s 1980s 1990s
See also:	Other events of 1972 Timeline of Emirati history

Incumbents

• President: Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan
• Prime Minister: Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum

Events

January

• January 24 - A month after bringing the Emirate of Sharjah into the United Arab Emirates, the emir, Khalid bin Mohammed Al Qasimi was assassinated in a coup attempt by the previous ruler, Saqr bin Sultan al-Qasimi, whom Khalid had overthrown in 1965. Saqr failed to regain the throne, and Sharjah has been ruled since then by Khalid's brother, Sultan bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi.[1]

February

• February 10 - The seventh sheikhdom, Ras al-Khaimah, joins the United Arab Emirates.[2]

March

• March 14 - Sterling Airways Flight 267, which was bringing Danish vacationers home from a holiday in Sri Lanka, crashed on its approach to the Dubai airport. All 112 people on board were killed.[3]

References

1. Kourosh Ahmadi, Islands and International Politics in the Persian Gulf (Routledge, 2008), p108
2. "The Story of the U.A.E." Retrieved January 22, 2015.
3. Air Disaster Database Archived May 23, 2013, at the Wayback Machine; "112 Die as Danish Jetliner Crashes on Arab Island", Pacific Stars and Stripes, March 17, 1972, p1