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Entangled histories

6 events in which either nation’s sourced chronicle names the other — including under earlier names of the same state. Each is the same record, with the same sources, as on its own chronicle; nothing here was written for this page.

ONE SPINE OF YEARS · TWO WALLS OF EVENTS · ARE LEFT · OMN RIGHT

1. late 1930s or early 1940s

   Madha's elders choose Muscat; Nahwa stays with Sharjah

   According to local oral history, the leaders of the neighbouring ruling families asked the elders of the mountain village of Madha which ruler it wished to follow. Madha chose Oman, reportedly for its perceived wealth, stronger government and the protection of its water, while the nearby village of Nahwa stayed with the Qawasim of Sharjah. The choice left Madha an Omani exclave inside the Trucial Coast with a Sharjah village inside it. The date and the wording of the question are recorded only in oral accounts.

   Politics & Power · from the United Arab Emirates chronicle · The Fall of Pearls, the Rise of Oil, and Federation · REFS 2 — Madha village's pledge of allegiance changed the map forever, A hidden piece of the Emirates

2. 1969

   The Madha and Nahwa boundary is fixed

   After British surveyors consulted local tribes and rulers, the boundary between Madha and Nahwa was settled in 1969, two years before the federation, making Madha an exclave of Oman and Nahwa a counter-enclave of Sharjah. The line was inherited by the United Arab Emirates in 1971.

   Politics & Power · from the United Arab Emirates chronicle · The Fall of Pearls, the Rise of Oil, and Federation · REFS 2 — Madha, British diplomat who mapped the borders of the Emirates dies aged 89

3. 1969

   The Madha and Nahwa boundary is fixed

   After British surveyors consulted local tribes and rulers, the boundary between Madha and Nahwa was settled in 1969, two years before the federation, making Madha an exclave of Oman and Nahwa a counter-enclave of Sharjah. The line was inherited by the United Arab Emirates in 1971.

   Politics & Power · from the Oman chronicle · Decline, British Influence and Isolation · REFS 2 — Madha, British diplomat who mapped the borders of the Emirates dies aged 89

4. 22 June 2002

   Oman and the UAE sign their border agreement

   Oman and the United Arab Emirates signed in Abu Dhabi the Border Agreement on the borders from Eastern Uqaidat to Darah. Oman ratified it by Royal Decree 10/2003 on 27 January 2003, and the two states exchanged the instruments of ratification on 11 October 2003.

   Politics & Power · from the United Arab Emirates chronicle · Oil Wealth and the Global Federation · REFS 2 — Royal Decree 10/2003 ratifying the Oman-UAE border agreement, Oman, UAE ratify border agreement

5. 22 June 2002

   Oman and the UAE sign their border agreement

   Oman and the United Arab Emirates signed in Abu Dhabi the Border Agreement on the borders from Eastern Uqaidat to Darah. Oman ratified it by Royal Decree 10/2003 on 27 January 2003, and the two states exchanged the instruments of ratification on 11 October 2003.

   Politics & Power · from the Oman chronicle · The Renaissance of Qaboos and Modern Oman · REFS 2 — Royal Decree 10/2003 ratifying the Oman-UAE border agreement, Oman, UAE ratify border agreement

6. 21 July 2008

   Final border maps include Madha and Nahwa

   Oman and the UAE signed the final coordinates and maps of their border: 51 maps and three lists of coordinates for the border posts in three sectors, one of them from Madha to Al Nahwa, closing the technical demarcation begun by the 2002 agreement.

   Politics & Power · from the United Arab Emirates chronicle · Oil Wealth and the Global Federation · REFS 1 — Key border agreement to be signed with Oman