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Dubai Dynasty
Saturday, November 1, 2008

Al Maktoum is the family name of the regnant dynasty of the emirate of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The Al Maktoum family is a part of the Bani Yas tribe (a lineage the family partakes in with the Al Nahyan dynasty of Abu Dhabi), a potent bedouin clan from the interior. The Al Maktoum family comes from the Al Bu Falasah (now acknowledged as Al-Falasi) section of the Bani Yas, an extremely honored and important tribal federation that was the main power throughout most of what is at present the United Arab Emirates. In 1833, about 800 members of the Bani Yas tribe, under the leadership of Maktoum bin Butti, took on the emirate of Dubai and built the Al Maktoum dynasty in the emirate.

The Al Maktoum dynasty has governed Dubai since 1833. Within the federation of the United Arab Emirates, the Dubai ruler is also the country's Vice President and Prime Minister. The following Al Maktoum Dynasty members have ruled over Dubai:

• ... - 9 June 1833 Sheikh `Ubayd bin Said
• 9 June 1833 - 1852 Sheikh Maktoum I bin Bati bin Suhayl (d. 1852)
• 1852 - 1859 Sheikh Said I bin Bati (d. 1859)
• 1859 - 22 November 1886 Sheikh Hushur bin Maktoum (d. 1886)
• 22 November 1886 - 7 April 1894 Sheikh Rashid I bin Maktoum (d. 1894)
• 7 April 1894 - 16 February 1906 Sheikh Maktoum II bin Hushur (b. 18.. - d. 1906)
• 16 February 1906 - November 1912 Sheikh Bati bin Suhayl (b. 1851 - d. 1912)
• November 1912 - 15 April 1929 Sheikh Saeed II bin Maktum (1st time) (b. 1878 - d. 1958)
• 15 April 1929 - 18 April 1929 Sheikh Mani bin Rashid
• 18 April 1929 - September 1958 Sheikh Saeed II bin Maktum (2nd time)
• September 1958 - 7 October 1990 Sheikh Rashid II bin Said Al Maktoum (b. 1912 - d. 1990)
• 7 October 1990 - 4 January 2006 Sheikh Maktoum III bin Rashid Al Maktoum (b. 1943 - d. 2006)
• 4 January 2006 - Present Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum (b. 1949)

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Barack Obama's Childhood Photos
Monday, October 20, 2008

Below are some of the cute looking photographs from Barack Obama's childhood.


Obama with his mother in Hawaii.


Barack Obama riding a tricycle.


Barack Obama playing in the surf.


Barack Obama playing baseball.


High school senior Obama takes a shot during a basketball game with his team from the Punahou School in 1979.


Obama receives a visit from his grandparents, Stanley and Madelyn Dunham, in New York, where he was attending Columbia University in 1982.

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