The story of UAE's first martyr

[Dawood Ibrahim]

The first Emirati soldier to die in the line of duty was 20-year-old Salem Suhail bin Khamis, on November 30, 1971, during the "battle of the Greater Tunb" against Iranian forces shortly before the UAE's formation.

Bin Khamis led a six-member police force on Greater Tunb, invaded by Iran on the eve of Federation, December 2, 1971. He refused to lower the flag of Ras Al Khaimah, and the invaders killed him for his defiance.

Described by his family as stubborn and passionate, Salim became the country's first martyr when he refused to lower the Ras Al Khaimah flag from the police station he was guarding.

Salim's body was buried on the island he defended and still claimed by the UAE. The only photo available for Bin Khamis is in his police uniform when he joined the force at the age of 18.

The UAE three islands, the Greater Tunb and Lesser Tunb, belonging to the emirate of Ras Al Khaimah and Abu Musa to the emirate of Sharjah, are still under the Iranian occupation.


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The first Emirati soldier to die in the line of duty was 20-year-old Salem Suhail bin Khamis, on November 30, 1971, during the "battle of the Greater Tunb" against Iranian forces shortly before the UAE's formation.

Bin Khamis led a six-member police force on Greater Tunb, invaded by Iran on the eve of Federation, December 2, 1971. He refused to lower the flag of Ras Al Khaimah, and the invaders killed him for his defiance.

Described by his family as stubborn and passionate, Salim became the country's first martyr when he refused to lower the Ras Al Khaimah flag from the police station he was guarding.

Salim's body was buried on the island he defended and still claimed by the UAE. The only photo available for Bin Khamis is in his police uniform when he joined the force at the age of 18.

The UAE three islands, the Greater Tunb and Lesser Tunb, belonging to the emirate of Ras Al Khaimah and Abu Musa to the emirate of Sharjah, are still under the Iranian occupation.


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@El_Swordsmen @Morse_Code

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