Emirate of Ajman
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Ajman إمارة عجمان Imārat ʿAǧmān |
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| Emirate of Ajman | |||
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 Location of Ajman in the UAE |
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| Coordinates: 25°25′N 55°30′E / 25.417°N 55.500°ECoordinates: 25°25′N 55°30′E / 25.417°N 55.500°E | |||
| Country | United Arab Emirates (UAE) | ||
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| • Type | Constitutional monarchy | ||
| • Ruler | Humaid bin Rashid Al Nuaimi | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 259 km2 (100 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2008) | |||
| • Total | 361,160 | ||
| Time zone | UAE Standard Time (UTC+4) | ||
| ISO 3166 code | AE-AJ | ||
The Emirate of Ajman (Arabic: إمارة عجمان Imārat ʿAǧmān) is one of the seven Emirates (states) of the United Arab Emirates. It has an area of a mere 260 square kilometres (100 sq mi), which makes it the smallest of the emirates in terms of area. It is named after the city of Ajman, which is its seat of government. It is bordered on the north, east, and south by the Emirate of Sharjah. It has a population of some 240,000.
Located on the coast of the Persian Gulf, Ajman also controls two small inland exclaves: Manama and Masfut, both of which are primarily agricultural. Approximately 95% of the population of the emirate resides in the city of Ajman, which forms part of the Dubai-Sharjah-Ajman metropolitan area. Ajman is ruled by Sheikh Humaid bin Rashid Al Nuaimi of the Al Nuaimi tribe. The Crown Prince of the Emirate is Sheikh Ammar bin Humaid Al Nuaimi.
While there is a known Ajami tribe extant in modern Saudi Arabia, the name of the city and Emirate of Ajman could also come from the Arabic 'Ajm', or 'Persians' or alternatively a diminutive of Oman 'Ayman'.
The foundation of Ajman has been traced to 1810, when Sheikh Rashid bin Humaid Al Nuami and his followers took the coastal settlement of Ajman from members of the Al Bu Shams tribe in a short conflict.
On 8 January 1820, following the sack of Ras al-Khaimah by a British force led by Sir W.G. Keir, the then ruler of the Sharjah Emirate Sheikh Sultan bin Saqr Al Qasimi signed the General Maritime Treaty with the United Kingdom, surrendering the towers, guns and vessels of Sharjah, Ajman, Umm al-Quwain and their dependencies. At first refusing the primacy of Sultan bin Saqr, Ajman eventually capitulated in 1823.
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