@potato_nugget Me personally I know about them but yeah I get your point, the average person doesn't know Sharjah and Ajman. Although I think Qatar would still be known like Dubai and Abu Dhabi are.
@@melanchorly7618out of all the Emirates, the average person only knows Dubai (as a country), Then those that know UAE also usually knows Abu Dhabi due to shock that Dubai is not a country and it is not even the capital of its country. The rest of the UAE basically do not exist to about half the world
That's literally what divided administravely means, it's how a soveriegn state is devided into geographical units. This applies to both federal states and unitary states The US is administravely devided into 50 States + 16 territories , the UAE into 7 Emirates, the Netherlands into 12 provinces, etc.
The UAE as a country looks a lot like North Germany, where it's multiple monarchies in a federation and the largest monarchy (Prussia or Abu Dhabi) is always the "President" of the union. North Germany was also less of a united country than the later Germany would be and people were more loyal to the monarchies within North Germany than to North Germany itself as a concept. Abu Dhabi is also extremely large within the UAE, similar to how Prussia was extremely large within North Germany.
@@danielbuddenmusic1502 well they call Westeros (the country where the main story takes place) “The Seven Kingdoms” even though there is only one king that rules all of Westeros. There are a few different reasons why they call it that and one of the main reasons is because there were seven kingdoms when Aegon the Conqueror first conquered Westeros and the former kings became lords serving the new king. Each of these lords were still allowed to keep their old lands, laws, religions and traditions so they were basically still kings of their own kingdom just with their kingdoms being a part of a bigger empire.
They are Duchies inside of a kingdom because the United Arab Emirates is in fact a constitutional monarchy. Emirate is just a way of saying Duchy just like how Emir means Duke.
It's not a constitutional monarchy, it's an absolute monarchy. They just call it constitutional because the national leader is a President, but he is really a _de facto_ monarch.
Emirates in Arabic means states United Arab states United Arab Emirates, we spell it "imarat" Amir means prince, not emir, the ruler of one state Ruler of one"imara"
Just like the United Kingdom being made of ~4 countries! I'm curious if there's anything tangible about being a country within a country vs. being, say, a state or a district within a country.
There doesn't seem to be a universal constant. It seems that it really depends on the country. The countries in the Kingdom of the Netherlands are way less like countries than individual states in the USA, and the provinces of Canada have been more autonomous than the countries of the UK for the longest time (arguably now with each country getting a parliament a constitution in the early 2000s they're more autonomous)
Ras Kheima joined the country because Iran annexed some lands from other Emirates (some islands) so they feared about themselves so they decided to join out of fear
So the reason why the title King isn't used, is that most Muslims believe the title King is reserved only to Allah (god) and none other, although The Saudis monarchy and use of titles contradicts this.
This is not true. What is forbidden in Islam is the title of King of Kings, which belongs to God only and is not permissible for any human being to be called by it
Traditionally muslim monarchs didn't call themselves king. Because It was seen as a direct challenge to the rule of the caliph. Also because every ruler ruled by the permission and leave of the caliph. This was either accepted nominally in case the ruler was far from the domain of the caliph or was accepted by force in case the ruler was near the domain of the caliph.
Emirates in Arabic means states United Arab states United Arab Emirates, we spell it "imarat" Amir means prince, not emir, the ruler of one state Ruler of one"imara" Sheikh literally means an elder wise man. To be more specific "the sheikh of the clan. The wise, the head, the chief of the clan The sheikh = the chief also the prince
Nope, Sheikh is not a legal title given to Imams or Muftis in the Gulf. Sheikh has deffirent meanings depending on the context; its actual meaning in Arabic is Elder. So, an Arab tribal leader is a Sheikh euivlant to a Chief, and if the Sheikh is a Monarch like in the Emirates; then they are equivlant to a Grand Duke; howver, if they have both titles of Sheikh and Emir like in Qatar and Kuwait then they are equivlant to a Prince.
Emir = a prince \ son of a king \ lord or someone who is part of the aristocratic ruling class Amira = a princess \ daughter of a king \ wife of a king \ daughter or a wife of Emir Khalifa = a king \ Emir who will inherit the throne SHIKHS = old men \ someone who has wisdom or knowledge in religious matters ULAMMA = scientist \ groups of men that have knowledge in religion and theology Khilafa = a kingdom \ islamic state monarch that has khalifa as a king while Emirs and Ulamma in the top class
Putting the name of Arabian Gulf next to Persian Gulf is extremely disrespectful, disgraceful, disgusting, disregarding act to the history and people of Persian gulf and Persians. Shame on you Geography now
my 7th grade geography teacher said "aren't you glad they did this? so that's 10 less countries you have to learn!"
How thoughtful of them
6* less countries actually
@@NaderAlyounis5 please don't be that guy
im that guy
Why 6 less? @@NaderAlyounis5
UAE including Qatar and Bahrain would've been interesting
Not really. You just wouldn't know what Kuwait and Qatar are, just like you probably don't know Ajman. They'd be overshadowed by dubai
@potato_nugget Me personally I know about them but yeah I get your point, the average person doesn't know Sharjah and Ajman. Although I think Qatar would still be known like Dubai and Abu Dhabi are.
@@melanchorly7618out of all the Emirates, the average person only knows Dubai (as a country), Then those that know UAE also usually knows Abu Dhabi due to shock that Dubai is not a country and it is not even the capital of its country. The rest of the UAE basically do not exist to about half the world
@potato_nugget qatar would still be a global leader but Kuwait would 10/10 be the little brother.
@@franciscouche-egburedi3059It's the same thing in every country btw.
The abu dhabi emirate is weirdly Big, cover 90% land area of whole UAE itself
Yeah, but in terms of useable land area it would be closer to Dubai
That's mostly empty land. Like 2 cities and fuck-all else
@@bobmcbob49 or a place to shoot Dune. Kinda surprised they chose UAE and not Tunisia or Jordan.
@@tdugong maybe because the UAE is the least rocky
@@bobmcbob49 and sir baniyas island
An emirate is like a principality
Thanks, that's exactly what I was thinking as a correlation.
Or a Duchy
More like a Duchy
What is a dutchy?@@IndustrialParrot2816
@@terryoppong4420 Emir is Arabic for prince, so a principality...
My father tells me the reason ras al kheimah joined later was because they wanted to join oman originally
But oman said no
No-man
O-man that is unfortunate
Oman more like o - man i am so.poor
@@thetrickster9885 i am pretty sure they're not?
Oman is pretty cool so I don’t blame them.
The founder of the country also invited Oman but like Qatar and Bahrain, the leader stated how he’d rather have an independence Oman
Oman in the UAE would be crazy lmao
@@johnkingbad true
That's actually pretty chill, i thought they would have conquered at least pne Emirate
Next video: the USA is more like 50 countries in ONE
Eh, i wouldnt say countries. I wouod say 50 semi-autonumous regions that are both autonomous and not autonomous at the same time
It is all the people in America are loyal to their state not the United States government
Except they all governed by the federal goverment. While this is basically 7 kingdoms
@@flygon6997for some yeah but for others we’re loyal to our COUNTRY
That's because it literally is, what do you think a Federation is?
Day 1 of questioning it.
Who’s here after Dubai flooding?
It's not "divided administratively". It's a federation of emirates. Like the USA is a federation of states.
That's literally what divided administravely means, it's how a soveriegn state is devided into geographical units. This applies to both federal states and unitary states The US is administravely devided into 50 States + 16 territories , the UAE into 7 Emirates, the Netherlands into 12 provinces, etc.
Quite the short reel of a longer version of a real reel that took place actually.
Sheikh is closer to Duke or Lord, also the term has some significance in Islam and can be similar to Priest
They're more like Dukes or Barons, really.
Love the vids geography now! Sad series is almost over❤😢
Sounds like some kind of...United Kingdom....
The UAE as a country looks a lot like North Germany, where it's multiple monarchies in a federation and the largest monarchy (Prussia or Abu Dhabi) is always the "President" of the union. North Germany was also less of a united country than the later Germany would be and people were more loyal to the monarchies within North Germany than to North Germany itself as a concept.
Abu Dhabi is also extremely large within the UAE, similar to how Prussia was extremely large within North Germany.
It's basically 7 states run by seven senators and ruled by a president.
More like an empire ruled by an emperor who rules over seven kings and their kingdoms.
@@danielbuddenmusic1502so basically Game of Thrones?
@@AFPLJohnny I've never seen Game of Thrones.
@@danielbuddenmusic1502 well they call Westeros (the country where the main story takes place) “The Seven Kingdoms” even though there is only one king that rules all of Westeros. There are a few different reasons why they call it that and one of the main reasons is because there were seven kingdoms when Aegon the Conqueror first conquered Westeros and the former kings became lords serving the new king. Each of these lords were still allowed to keep their old lands, laws, religions and traditions so they were basically still kings of their own kingdom just with their kingdoms being a part of a bigger empire.
@@AFPLJohnny Okay yeah then, it is kind of like that.
Fun fact: bahrain did not recognize qatar as an independence nation so qatar attacked bahrain wech made the qatar bahrain war in 1867-1868.
They are Duchies inside of a kingdom because the United Arab Emirates is in fact a constitutional monarchy. Emirate is just a way of saying Duchy just like how Emir means Duke.
It's not a constitutional monarchy, it's an absolute monarchy. They just call it constitutional because the national leader is a President, but he is really a _de facto_ monarch.
Emirates in Arabic means states
United Arab states
United Arab Emirates, we spell it "imarat"
Amir means prince, not emir, the ruler of one state
Ruler of one"imara"
No, they are federal states
@@L2002 They are both federal states and a kind of duchy.
Invasion after invasion, war after war is what made the UAE 😂 they colonized each other
I like how some countries in Africa & Asia often have that 1 region thats about 40-60% of the country but has a tiny population
Emirates basically work just like US states
so cool!
My friend lived in Sharjah for a long time!
I think emir is like duke in western countries.
Emir is a prince. Sheikh is an Elder and is equivlant to a Duke.
Brilliant.
I’m from the UAE and up until this point of my life, I haven’t seen a better explanation
Hope people from Dubai is OK. My uncle is working there
Hey, What the latest geography now video? Vietnam?
Brilliant ❤
Bro really took over a minute to just say it's a duke and dukedom
Emir is basically a noble/feudal lord from my perspective
An Emiret is literally a principality
and Amir is a prince
Just like the United Kingdom being made of ~4 countries! I'm curious if there's anything tangible about being a country within a country vs. being, say, a state or a district within a country.
There doesn't seem to be a universal constant. It seems that it really depends on the country.
The countries in the Kingdom of the Netherlands are way less like countries than individual states in the USA, and the provinces of Canada have been more autonomous than the countries of the UK for the longest time (arguably now with each country getting a parliament a constitution in the early 2000s they're more autonomous)
Russian administrative division is the most comfusing to me
I think it's more similar to 7 states
barb please stop staring at me its creeping me out now
Emir is mostly simular to European duke, like the Grand Duke of Luxemburg
👇If you love UAE 🇦🇪
@@justsomeguywhoeatsspiders8295I would like america and the west more if they give women more rights
It’s literally a leading country in women’s rights🤦
@@justsomeguywhoeatsspiders8295migrant workers*
So its like the Anglo-Saxon petty kingdoms, they even had a heptarchy.
The rulers of Sharjah and RAK are also relatives.
Why everyone flag is red and white?
"Stop questioning it"
May Allah guide everyone
The word is principality
Ras Kheima joined the country because Iran annexed some lands from other Emirates (some islands) so they feared about themselves so they decided to join out of fear
USA and Russia are all in one too.
Emir and Sheikh equivalent to Prince, especially if you ubdersrand the etymology of Prince as a ruler and not just the sun of a King or Emperor.
The USA is 50 states rolled onto one
A sheik would be closer to a duke, a king would be a sultan.
« Lord » would be an appropriate translation for sheikh (?)
Basically an arab varsion of principalities
Sheekh? Got it
So the reason why the title King isn't used, is that most Muslims believe the title King is reserved only to Allah (god) and none other, although The Saudis monarchy and use of titles contradicts this.
This is not true. What is forbidden in Islam is the title of King of Kings, which belongs to God only and is not permissible for any human being to be called by it
So the UAE is the 7 kingdoms effectively
Like 7 federal states
Fun fact, Bahrain is legitimately the older monarchy, prior than most current Arab monarchies. So they weren’t positioned by Brits or Ottomans.
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Sultan
Traditionally muslim monarchs didn't call themselves king. Because It was seen as a direct challenge to the rule of the caliph. Also because every ruler ruled by the permission and leave of the caliph. This was either accepted nominally in case the ruler was far from the domain of the caliph or was accepted by force in case the ruler was near the domain of the caliph.
I thought an Amir was like a noble like a duke or Earl
So middle east "Malaysia"
Basically yes
I am believing Emir task is collecting revenue for religious & Charity needs of a defined administrative boundary???🐪🐪
United arab emirates, like united states of america or united mexican states, i think
Visual noise makes watching the video uncomfortable
wait... what about the british in that stuff?
like Flintstones used to say abu dabi do!
Mob boss is the word you are looking for
Basically germany before bismark
pretty much like most countries...even the united states was a bunch of colonies and uk a bunch of kingdoms before
Emirates in Arabic means states
United Arab states
United Arab Emirates, we spell it "imarat"
Amir means prince, not emir, the ruler of one state
Ruler of one"imara"
Sheikh literally means an elder wise man.
To be more specific "the sheikh of the clan. The wise, the head, the chief of the clan
The sheikh = the chief also the prince
This is why it’s called the UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
What about sharjah
Emir it's a prince
So basically like Switzerland?
No like the United States
Sheikh means scholar
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Your not allowed to question the government in the UAE
Very similar to Malaysia
If you latinize the name of of UAE, it will *Confederation of Arab Duchies*, or *United Arab Duchies*
*An emirate is a duchy, an emir/amir is a duke*
A sheikh is definitely not like a king. A sheikh is basically a Muslim Pastor.
Nope, Sheikh is not a legal title given to Imams or Muftis in the Gulf. Sheikh has deffirent meanings depending on the context; its actual meaning in Arabic is Elder. So, an Arab tribal leader is a Sheikh euivlant to a Chief, and if the Sheikh is a Monarch like in the Emirates; then they are equivlant to a Grand Duke; howver, if they have both titles of Sheikh and Emir like in Qatar and Kuwait then they are equivlant to a Prince.
wearing your sister's shirt today?
Emir = a prince \ son of a king \ lord or someone who is part of the aristocratic ruling class
Amira = a princess \ daughter of a king \ wife of a king \ daughter or a wife of Emir
Khalifa = a king \ Emir who will inherit the throne
SHIKHS = old men \ someone who has wisdom or knowledge in religious matters
ULAMMA = scientist \ groups of men that have knowledge in religion and theology
Khilafa = a kingdom \ islamic state monarch that has khalifa as a king while Emirs and Ulamma in the top class
if they refer to the leader as a sheikh shouldn’t it be known as a “sheikhate”?
7 emirates united under one nation. Thats why its called UAE
It was all part of Oman first
Earl.
Shouldn't it be the United Arab Sheikhirates ?
Its not king but prince.
Im glad Qatar refused.
Tell this same thing to Asia's
So more like a Duke...
thought dubai was the capital
Putting the name of Arabian Gulf next to Persian Gulf is extremely disrespectful, disgraceful, disgusting, disregarding act to the history and people of Persian gulf and Persians. Shame on you Geography now
So what do THEY call it? The sheikdoms?
That's Persian gulf and you know it
No it's the Arabian gulf😂😂😂😂
We are arabs not Persian 😂😂😂😂
uae seems to be one of the most rich country’s in the region relative to its size
isn't Kuwait like almost as rich as the US?
@@jabber1990 In terms of gdp or gdp per capita do u mean?
@@jabber1990Well, Kuwait has the highest-valued currency in the entire world. But I don't know if it means Kuwait is richer than America.
@@razahassan8755 I actually had to google that, I thought the Pound was the best money but no....not even close
hmmmm... persian gulf Or arabian gulf! make your decision!
Baron/Duke/Earl
Dumbest video of 2024.
Emirate = Duchy
Its Just persian gulf
Don't call ir Arabian gulf
Arabian gulf ya habibiiiiii
Persian Golf and nothing else