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If Dubai is a so-called "Persian" city then hundreds of cities in Iran are Arab cities let alone whole provinces.
To give an example then whole of Spain and Portugal are basically Arab lands since we founded most of the cities there and most have Arab origin. Whole provinces and most of them moreover. The capital Madrid.
20-25% of the Spanish and Portuguese vocabulary is of Arab origin. Household Arab names such as Omar and Fatima are common Spanish/Portuguese names that Catholics that speak Spanish/Portuguese have in Iberia, South America and Africa.
There are TONS of Arab traces in EVERY single Muslim country to this day, let alone non-Muslim. Which means well over 100 countries.
Dubai was not founded by any Iranians. Dubai 200 years ago was a small fishing village. It was far from being one of the commercial hubs in what is now UAE. It was practically a village.
Most of the so-called Persian immigrants to Dubai were Huwala. Over half of them were Arabs living in Southern Iran (as many hundred of thousand still do to this day) who returned. One just need to look at the names of those Iranians cities ACROSS THE ENTIRE GULF to get a clue about what I am talking about. A smaller minority were Sunni Persian families. The latter are all Arabized, have married local Arabs etc.
Huwala - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
At the end of the day Dubai plays absolutely no role in Arab history. It was a little fishing village and nothing more. The Arabs inhabit and founded similar fishing villages in 3 continents. From Morocco to Indonesia.
There are many Dubai's although in a smaller scale in just UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain and Oman. 5 out of well over 20 Arab countries and all small Arab countries.
The Iranians in UAE number less than 500.000. 90% of them are non-nationals. They are investing in Arab lands and are assimilating.
Also Yzd Khalifa and others are right when they say that UAE will never trust Mullahistan. The trade is one way traffic.
All those assets could be frozen in the matter of hours and all those 500.000 Iranian migrants could get deported since they do not possess citizenship. They are living there on loan while contributing to the UAE economy as other migrant workers/investors.
The Mullah's in Mullahistan have lost a few billions of dollars due to their citizens having invested in Dubai instead of their own country. Something to brag about indeed. There is no mention of that Muhammad dude being of Persian descent. What is clear is that he has Arab ancestry, looks like one and is fully Arabized. Little if anything to do with your regular depressed Iranian Shia in Mashhad or somewhere else.
Dubai is now what is today due to many factors. The most important thing being the visionary rule of its ARAB rulers. Dubai is not any different than any city/village found alongside the Gulf. Although there is only one Dubai when there could be hundreds in smaller scale at least.
Trade in what is now Dubai (Arab trade) was much more widespread than any Iranian trade was. The Arabs had colonies in 3 different continents. Something the Iranians never had. It were the Arab traders who facilitated the spice trade and had more or less monopoly on Indian and South Asian spice trade until the Brits and Dutch arrived.
Not to mention the vital pearl trade.
UAE was always a hob of trade. Dubai has become it in the last decade. A place where many non-locals settled. Arab as non-Arab. As is typical for cities dominated by trade.
The Huwala settlers (Mainly Arabs living in Southern Iran and a few Sunni Persian families) who fled the Northern shores of the Gulf 100 years ago and settled in Dubai did it because they saw opportunities. Just as the Iranian refugees/migrant workers/investors have done it in Dubai in the last 30 years or so. As have other non-local Arabs, Indians etc.
To give an example then whole of Spain and Portugal are basically Arab lands since we founded most of the cities there and most have Arab origin. Whole provinces and most of them moreover. The capital Madrid.
20-25% of the Spanish and Portuguese vocabulary is of Arab origin. Household Arab names such as Omar and Fatima are common Spanish/Portuguese names that Catholics that speak Spanish/Portuguese have in Iberia, South America and Africa.
There are TONS of Arab traces in EVERY single Muslim country to this day, let alone non-Muslim. Which means well over 100 countries.
Dubai was not founded by any Iranians. Dubai 200 years ago was a small fishing village. It was far from being one of the commercial hubs in what is now UAE. It was practically a village.
Most of the so-called Persian immigrants to Dubai were Huwala. Over half of them were Arabs living in Southern Iran (as many hundred of thousand still do to this day) who returned. One just need to look at the names of those Iranians cities ACROSS THE ENTIRE GULF to get a clue about what I am talking about. A smaller minority were Sunni Persian families. The latter are all Arabized, have married local Arabs etc.
Huwala - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
At the end of the day Dubai plays absolutely no role in Arab history. It was a little fishing village and nothing more. The Arabs inhabit and founded similar fishing villages in 3 continents. From Morocco to Indonesia.
There are many Dubai's although in a smaller scale in just UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain and Oman. 5 out of well over 20 Arab countries and all small Arab countries.
The Iranians in UAE number less than 500.000. 90% of them are non-nationals. They are investing in Arab lands and are assimilating.
Also Yzd Khalifa and others are right when they say that UAE will never trust Mullahistan. The trade is one way traffic.
Trade between Dubai and Iran tripled to $12 billion from 2005 to 2009.[5] UAE's exports to Iran are of a magnitude four times greater than its imports from Iran.[6]
All those assets could be frozen in the matter of hours and all those 500.000 Iranian migrants could get deported since they do not possess citizenship. They are living there on loan while contributing to the UAE economy as other migrant workers/investors.
The Mullah's in Mullahistan have lost a few billions of dollars due to their citizens having invested in Dubai instead of their own country. Something to brag about indeed. There is no mention of that Muhammad dude being of Persian descent. What is clear is that he has Arab ancestry, looks like one and is fully Arabized. Little if anything to do with your regular depressed Iranian Shia in Mashhad or somewhere else.
Dubai is now what is today due to many factors. The most important thing being the visionary rule of its ARAB rulers. Dubai is not any different than any city/village found alongside the Gulf. Although there is only one Dubai when there could be hundreds in smaller scale at least.
Trade in what is now Dubai (Arab trade) was much more widespread than any Iranian trade was. The Arabs had colonies in 3 different continents. Something the Iranians never had. It were the Arab traders who facilitated the spice trade and had more or less monopoly on Indian and South Asian spice trade until the Brits and Dutch arrived.
Not to mention the vital pearl trade.
UAE was always a hob of trade. Dubai has become it in the last decade. A place where many non-locals settled. Arab as non-Arab. As is typical for cities dominated by trade.
The Huwala settlers (Mainly Arabs living in Southern Iran and a few Sunni Persian families) who fled the Northern shores of the Gulf 100 years ago and settled in Dubai did it because they saw opportunities. Just as the Iranian refugees/migrant workers/investors have done it in Dubai in the last 30 years or so. As have other non-local Arabs, Indians etc.