SH Archive The Amazing City of Dubai, UAE

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I'm sure many of you are familiar with the high strangeness going on in Dubai. I'm somewhat surprised that there isn't a thread about it here already, although the more overt anomalies have popped up over the last couple decades, so it isn't exactly stolen "history" yet... however, the themes present are more than a little in sync with the topic material on this site and it's entirely possible in my opinion that the huge construction project over the last 50 years has also been done in part to obfuscate the ancient city that was there before.

So, let's just wikiorient ourselves first:

Dubai is the largest and most populous city in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the capital of the Emirate of Dubai.

• Located on the southeast coast of the Persian Gulf, Dubai is a global city and the business hub of the Middle East. It is also a major global transport hub for passengers and cargo. Oil revenue helped accelerate the development of the city, which was already a major mercantile hub. Today, less than 5% of the emirate's revenue comes from oil. A centre for regional and international trade since the early 20th century, Dubai's economy relies on revenues from trade, tourism, aviation, real estate, and financial services.
• Dubai has attracted the attention of the world through large construction projects, opulent hotels and hosting major sports tournaments.
• ...Many theories have been proposed as to the origin of the word "Dubai". One theory suggests the word was used to describe the souq, which was similar to the souq in Ba. An Arabic proverb says "Daba Dubai" (Arabic: دبا دبي‎), meaning "They came with a lot of money." According to Fedel Handhal, a scholar on the UAE's history and culture, the word Dubai may have come from the word daba (Arabic: دبا‎) (a past tense derivative of yadub (Arabic: يدب‎), which means "to creep"), referring to the slow flow of Dubai Creek inland. The poet and scholar Ahmad Mohammad Obaid traces it to the same word, but to its alternative meaning of "baby locust" (Arabic: جراد‎) due to the abundant nature of locusts in the area before settlement.

History​

The earliest recorded mention of Dubai is in 1095 in the Book of Geography by the Andalusian-Arab geographer Abu Abdullah al-Bakri. The Venetian pearl merchant Gasparo Balbi visited the area in 1580 and mentioned Dubai (Dibei) for its pearling industry....

• Dubai is thought to have been established as a fishing village in the early 18th century and was, by 1822, a town of some 700–800 members of the Bani Yas tribe and subject to the rule of Sheikh Tahnun bin Shakhbut of Abu Dhabi....
• Dubai signed the General Maritime Treaty of 1820 along with other Trucial States, following the British punitive expedition against Ras Al Khaimah of 1819, which also led to the bombardment of the coastal communities of the Persian Gulf. This led to the 1853 Perpetual Maritime Truce.
• Dubai also – like its neighbours on the Trucial Coast – entered into an exclusivity agreement in which the United Kingdom took responsibility for the emirate's security in 1892.

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• Al Fahidi Fort, built-in 1787, houses the Dubai Museum, which was opened in 1971 (the year the federation was formed), to be an official museum that displays the history of Dubai and its original heritage. In 1995, another underground museum was established and added to the old fort. (Dubai Museum and Al Fahidi Fort)
• In 1841, a smallpox epidemic broke out in the Bur Dubai locality, forcing residents to relocate east to Deira. In 1896, fire broke out in Dubai, a disastrous occurrence in a town where many family homes were still constructed from barasti - palm fronds. The conflagration consumed half the houses of Bur Dubai, while the district of Deira was said to have been totally destroyed. The following year, more fires broke out. A female slave was caught in the act of starting one such blaze and was subsequently put to death...
• In 1901, Maktoum bin Hasher Al Maktoum established Dubai as a free port with no taxation on imports or exports and also gave merchants parcels of land and guarantees of protection and tolerance....
• ...The 'great storm' of 1908 struck the pearling boats of Dubai and the coastal emirates towards the end of the pearling season that year, resulting in the loss of a dozen boats and over 100 men. The disaster was a major setback for Dubai, with many families losing their breadwinner and merchants facing financial ruin....
• ..Despite a lack of oil, Dubai's ruler from 1958, Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum, used revenue from trading activities to build infrastructure. Private companies were established to build and operate infrastructure, including electricity, telephone services and both the ports and airport operators. An airport of sorts (a runway built on salt flats) was established in Dubai in the 1950s and, in 1959, the emirate's first hotel, the Airlines Hotel, was constructed....

So, the official story for the expansion of Dubai was in part because they were floating in money after discovering oil, however, as indicated above, it appears that the building predated the discovery of oil:

• After years of exploration following large finds in neighbouring Abu Dhabi, oil was eventually discovered in territorial waters off Dubai in 1966, albeit in far smaller quantities. The first field was named 'Fateh' or 'good fortune'. This led to an acceleration of Sheikh Rashid's infrastructure development plans and a construction boom that brought a massive influx of foreign workers, mainly Asians and Middle easterners. Between 1968 and 1975 the city's population grew by over 300%.

Dubai 1950 (doesn't look quite as desolate as I expected, really...) ​

These old photos of Dubai show how much the UAE has changed

Desert development: The Clocktower roundabout in the neighbourhood of Deira stands surrounded by sandy, undeveloped lots. Today (below) the clocktower is ringed by towering hotels but, for a time after it was built in 1964, the area was considered remote from the city centre

Dubai, supposedly in the 1960s (Dubai before the boom: Staggering pictures show how emirate went from desert backwater to the Manhattan of the Middle East in just 50 years)

Here's a pretty good video highlighting the development since 1960:

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Yes, they have several man-made islands.

The Palm Jumeirah is an artificial archipelago in the United Arab Emirates, created using land reclamation by Nakheel which extends into the Persian Gulf. It is part of a larger series of developments called the Palm Islands, including Palm Jebel Ali and Palm Deira, which, when completed, will together increase Dubai's shoreline by a total of 520 kilometres (320 mi)

And of course, the tallest building in the world, Burj Khalifa:

I had been aware of Dubai, but it was really Chris Knowles at The Secret Sun who pointed out some of the more unusual aspects of it. Here's a pretty good article of his from 2016 which delves into more detail and also discusses another interesting feature of Dubai:

The city-state of Dubai, part of the United Arab Emirates, is one of the great puzzles of our time. Why did a sprawling metropolis that looks like like it stepped out of a Star Wars movie spring out of an obscure strip of sand in the Persian Gulf, practically overnight? Given that Dubai itself has little in the way of oil wealth, who paid for it all?

How does a city that is perpetually mired in debt continue not only to expand but to expand in ways that make the rest of the world's great cities look like provincial backwaters?

When oil was trading at 100 dollars a barrel and up you could see the logic. Maybe. But with the current oil crash showing no signs of ending anytime soon you have to wonder, where is the money coming from?

Sure, you can see the need for a hub in that part of the world, a city-state for global corporations doing business with the wealthy oil monarchies of the Gulf and an international airport for flights connecting from Europe to points farther east.

But that doesn't quite explain Dubai.

As I wrote in 2008:

Why is so much money being taken from places like Louisiana and sent to places like Dubai and Qatar? Why are these astonishing metropolises being built in these ancient lands, but not in other oil-producing countries? Are these new science fiction metropolises being prepared for someone?

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I couldn't help but think of that nutty, zany, totally off-the-wall speculation when I read about this in the news- a new domed city to open within the city of Dubai itself.

The 18-million square-foot hyper-purified, climate-controlled bubble will be comprised of residential, office, hospitality and entertainment. You can live, work and play without ever leaving the dome!

There will be nearly 300 individual buildings, 33 networked roads, 1,641.496 square-feet of walkways and plazas, artificial waterways, bike routes, bus routes, metro train stations and gondola rides. It will also house the world’s largest indoor theme park...(t)he only things missing seem to be fog, rain and sandstorms.

Catering to tourists, 20,000 hotel rooms will be available. It is estimated that 180 million visitors will be hosted annually.

"Hyper-purified, climate-controlled. You can live without ever leaving the dome."

Hmmm.

Enki's Playground, or the Domed City of Dubai

Knowles goes on to mention the opening ceremony of the Atlantis The Palm, Dubai.

(Reminds me a little of the Atlantic City hotel the Traymore that was recently posted about, 1906/1914 World’s Largest Resort Hotel “Fireproof” Traymore Atlantic City, NJ)

If you have the time, I highly suggest watching the whole ceremony, entitled "The Search for Atlantis". At least until they unveil "a new icon":

There is more going on in Dubai than I can document here and all of it screams to me "WHY", in the way that many building projects of the past do. This one is obviously different... it would appear that these massive structures were built during the last few decades, but there are many aspects to this that do not seem to jive with the official story.

All of that, of course, qualifies Dubai to host an Exposition!

On 2 November 2011, four cities had their bids for Expo 2020 already lodged, with Dubai making a last-minute entry. The delegation from the Bureau International des Expositions, which visited Dubai in February 2013 to examine the Emirate's readiness for the largest exposition, was impressed by the infrastructure and the level of national support. In May 2013, Dubai Expo 2020 Master Plan was revealed. Dubai then won the right to host Expo 2020 on 27 November 2013. The event will bring huge economic benefits by generating activities worth billions of dirhams and may create over 270,000 jobs.

The main site of Dubai Expo 2020 will be a 438-hectare area (1,083 acres), part of the new Dubai Trade Centre Jebel Ali urban development, located midway between Dubai and Abu Dhabi. Moreover, the Expo 2020 also created various social enlistment projects and monetary boons to the city targeting the year 2020, such as initiating the world's largest solar power project.

The Dubai Expo 2020 is to take place from 20 October 2020 till 10 April 2021 for 173 days where there are to be 192 country pavilions featuring narratives from every part of the globe, have different thematic districts that would promote learning the wildlife in the forest exhibit to many other experiences.

Dubai is trying to build an inclusive, barrier-free and a disabled-friendly city by the time it hosts Expo 2020. The city has already brought in changes by introducing wheelchair friendly taxis, pavements with slopes and tactile indicators on floor for the visually-impaired at all the metro stations.

Expo 2020, Maintenance Page

Any thoughts on any of this? Beyond they're building a spaceport for aliens? Which may be true, but also seems to be the popular alternative theory and I have my reservations. I am also curious about old maps that may feature Dubai and any older pictures (at least pre-1960) of the city.

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[JWW427]

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Dubai is fascinating and frankly a little scary. Apologies to anyone from Dubai or the UAE on the SH forum, but this is how I feel. Okay, a Disneyland for elite Arab princes, illuminati dill weeds, and masters of the world. I get that. But...

A Ferrari World?

• A 1200 bhp $1.2M Bugatti cop car? (For chasing down all those thousands of downmarket Ferraris)
• Underwater hotel rooms? (Aquariums are selfish. Zoos as well)
• Domesticated Giraffes?
• Private menageries? (That's another thread)
• Cryptocurrency en masse?
• Alcohol is served in many hotels, and I'll bet Artificial Intelligence 5G and cameras are everywhere.

Something does not add up. I wonder what's been built underground? DUMBS bases for international militaries?
Is this the best the human race can do?

We live in a sick world of dichotomy. While people starve, drown in debt, and wars saddle countries with death and genocide, here we have the perfect Elysium from which elites can thumb their noses at everyone deemed unfit. This is the movie "Elysium" come alive with no regrets, no morals, no rules. If you have enough billions, I'll bet you can do anything sick, selfish, and twisted you want in dubious ol' Dubai. Maybe you can anywhere, but this place has a concierge service for it.

Frankly, if I were an extraterrestrial delegation from Andromeda, I would be embarrassed to stay there.
"Happy" for who, exactly? Cyborg trans-humans? Jeffrey Epstein-loving Deep State kleptocrats?
Is everyone chipped, Elon Musk fans?

Dubai officialdom says: OUR VISION IS TO MAKE DUBAI THE HAPPIEST CITY ON EARTH!

• OVER THE PAST 40 YEARS, Dubai’s rapid development in various economic sectors meant that traditional processes needed to be continuously updated to ensure efficiency and speed. Government effectiveness became increasingly imperative especially in Government to Consumer (G2C) and Government to Government (G2G) services.

LEVERAGING EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES AND INITIATIVES!

Leveraging emerging technologies and initiatives such as Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things and Data Sharing, we are recreating everyday experiences for residents and visitors of Dubai, making them much more personalized, seamless, efficient and impactful.

• However....

BBC News: "Overextended"

On paper it was succeeding, as by 2008 over 95% of its GDP was made up by such sectors. But with the onset of the credit crunch much of this success began to come undone as foreign direct investment and appetite for these activities faded. Dubai had also badly overextended itself with most of its mega projects - including giant manmade islands - being financed by large debts.
With most of these needing to be refinanced in the near future, the emirate's government spent most of 2009 trying to attract international creditors but was largely unsuccessful.
With Abu Dhabi providing some limited financial assistance, both in February 2009 and earlier this week, Dubai managed to keep afloat.
But with Abu Dhabi's clear unwillingness to completely bail out Dubai, much attention has been placed on the relationship between the two emirates, especially since the recent default.
If Abu Dhabi does not provide more help, then the government of Dubai will soon be bankrupt.

Competition

Although the ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, recently told journalists to "shut up" and stop referring to Dubai and Abu Dhabi as being separate, and although the Al Maktoum family is of the same tribe as Abu Dhabi's ruling Al Nahyan family - the Bani Yas - the two dynasties nonetheless have a long history of rivalry.

Somehow I sincerely doubt Dubai will ever go bankrupt. Lots of hidden agendas, tons of money.
JWW

 

[Citezenship]

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Nice find for the fort in Dubai, i had missed that one, there are two more very close that i did get.

The first just up the road in Sharjar, this is a nice 4 point with a bit of a walled citadel next to it.

• Google Maps

Then just up the coast a bit is this good looking fort(although not from the air), that looks much older, more brutal in style.

• Google Maps

So there was defo lots of history in this region, like said above, i bet there is so much underground!

 

[wizz33]

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it seems as 1 of the HQ of the technocratic that lead goog,fb, ect

 

[KD Archive]

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Let's leave contemporary Dubai alone and concentrate on its history. The general purpose source tells us:

• ...tons of ancient gibberish precede everything
• Records of the area where the emirate of Dubai is situated are very rare for any period before the 18th century.
• The earliest recorded mention of Dubai is in 1095 in the Book of Geography by the Andalusian-Arab geographer Abu Abdullah al-Bakri.
• The Venetian pearl merchant Gasparo Balbi visited the area in 1580 and mentioned Dubai (Dibei) for its pearling industry.
• Dubai is thought to have been established as a fishing village in the early 18th century and was, by 1822, a town of some 700–800 members of the Bani Yas tribe and subject to the rule of Sheikh Tahnun bin Shakhbut of Abu Dhabi.
• In 1833, following tribal feuding, members of the Al Bu Falasah tribe seceded from Abu Dhabi and established themselves in Dubai. The exodus from Abu Dhabi was led by Obeid bin Saeed and Maktoum bin Butti, who became joint leaders of Dubai until Ubaid died in 1836, leaving Maktum to establish the Maktoum dynasty.
• Dubai signed the General Maritime Treaty of 1820 along with other Trucial States, following the British punitive expedition against Ras Al Khaimah of 1819, which also led to the bombardment of the coastal communities of the Persian Gulf. This led to the 1853 Perpetual Maritime Truce. Dubai also – like its neighbours on the Trucial Coast – entered into an exclusivity agreement in which the United Kingdom took responsibility for the emirate's security in 1892.
• In 1841, a smallpox epidemic broke out in the Bur Dubai locality, forcing residents to relocate east to Deira. In 1896, fire broke out in Dubai, a disastrous occurrence in a town where many family homes were still constructed from barasti - palm fronds. The conflagration consumed half the houses of Bur Dubai, while the district of Deira was said to have been totally destroyed. The following year, more fires broke out. A female slave was caught in the act of starting one such blaze and was subsequently put to death.

Old Maps

Essentially we have this fishing village thought to have been established in the early 1700s. By 1822 the village became a town of Dubai, and had some 700-800 citizens.

• Of course, in 1787 the villagers of the future town of Dubai had to build this Fort Al Fahidi. There was quite a few similar forts in the Persian Gulf area. Fishing villages needed protection, I guess.

General Position


Dubai Creek

Anyways, let's see what we have for the older maps. The above ones is obviously for reference purposes.

Remember: Records of the area where the emirate of Dubai is situated are very rare for any period before the 18th century.

1665 - a bunch?

Source

In reference to the above map... wondering if "redded out" cities also mean the cities which were recently annihilated. This is close to our approximate 1650-1700 time frame when certain events possibly took place.

1676 - Ormus Empire
Hormoz Island in Persia: what happened to it?

Source

And whatever it says below, and in the originating linked book. Sounds like we need to research the surrounding cities on the above map. There could be some history to be had.

1779 New Geography

1691-???

Source

1790 - Julfar?

Source

1836 - Seer?

Source

KD: It looks like our Dubai could be a bit more than a mere overdeveloped fishing village... Sounds like the area was destroyed by something.

Additionally they have an interesting neighbor, which combined with one of the above maps used to be a part of the same Ormus Empire.

Source

Our future Dubai was a part of this Ormus Empire, or so it seems.

• Hormoz Island in Persia: what happened to it?

 

[Archive]

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Let's leave contemporary Dubai alone and concentrate on its

Absolutely, I only included for context and the comparison to the expos, as far as an insane scale building project and seemingly for other occulted purposes, which again makes it fitting that they are hosting one next year. Even the video I linked about the Atlantis opening is grand but the story it's telling about history can be interpreted in a lot of alternative ways. I probably should have named the thread something else, actually...

I appreciate the maps and your insight into the area!

 

[KD Archive]

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I did not mean the OP. Trying to avoid the Ferrari and Lambo discussion here.

Those fishermen who started the city of Dubai were sure a different kind. Why would our historians forget to include something like this? There is more where I got it from: ormus + Ormus.

• 1730: Persian Anecdotes, Or, Secret Memoirs of the Court of Persia

Of course, they talk about 5,000 years ago, but it appears that it is about 500 years tops. Anyways...

• It’s understandable that archaeology and antiquities are not things that most people associate with Dubai and the United Arab Emirates. Yet this desert kingdom has a surprisingly rich history. Far from being empty desert, the UAE has many lost cities and archaeological sites that are only now being explored, and which reveal an unexpected story of human development in the Arabian Peninsula – from over 100,000 years ago when humans first ventured ‘out of Africa’, through millennia of a nomadic hunter-gatherer existence, to developing farming and then becoming a major centre for a world-changing technology – bronze.

Map illustration from 'Sand Kings of Oman' published by Methuen in 1947.

Numerous buildings, tombs and sections of falaj watercourses dating from this time have been excavated over an area of about fifty acres at Hili just north of Al Ain, the UAE’s third largest city, and are the centerpiece of the UAE’s only UNESCO World Heritage site.

• UNESCO is an LOL, aka FU in the face of the true archaeology, imho.
• The Lost Desert Cities of Dubai: The Hidden History

 

[Archive]

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Julfar is right on the money. The pearls give it away!

The Book of Duarte Barbosa, An Account of the Countries bordering on the Indian Ocean and their Inhabitants

Translated from the Portuguese Text First Published in 1812 A.D. by the Royal Academy of Sciences at Lisbon, in Vol. II of its Collection of Documents regarding the History and Geography of the Nations beyond the Seas', edited and annotated.

The original author is from far before 1812 supposedly.

• Duarte Barbosa - Wikipedia

If he's even the real author. From another (maybe?) translation:

This volume was published by the Hakluyt Society as the work of Duarte Barbosa on the authority of Ramusio, for neither the three Spanish MSS. of Barcelona and Munich, nor the Portuguese MS., give his name; it is probable that Barbosa contributed a largo part of it, for Damian de Goes refers his readers for an account of Malabar and its religion and customs to a book by Duarte Barbosa, who is stated to have spoken the language of Malabar with great correctness, and who resided a long time in that country; yet the authorship must be ascribed to Magellan, for I have just seen, in the possession of Don Pascual de Gayangos, another Spanish MS. which states at the top of the first page,—"Este libro compuso Fernando Magallanes Portugues piloto lo qual el vio y anduvo." "This book was composed by the Portuguese Fernando Magellan the pilot, the things narrated in which he saw and visited." This heading is in the same writing as the rest of the MS., which is clear handwriting of the sixteenth century, and like that of the second part of the MS. No 571 of the Munich Library. The MS. of Mr. Gayangos appears to be part of a larger book, since its second leaf is numbered 111 (the corner of the first is worn off), and the last is numbered 170, and ends with the description of the Lequeos. The Epitome de la Biblioteca Oriental, Occidental, Nautica y Geografica of D. Antonio de Leon Pinelo, Madrid, 1737, mentions, at p. 667 a work of Magellan's under the following heading: Fernando de Magallanes, Efemerides, or Diary of his Navigation, a MS. which existed in the possession of Antonio Moreno, Cosmographer of the House of Trade, according to Don Nicolas Antonio.

The Translator.

Madrid, February 1867.

The Project Gutenberg eBook of A Description of the Coasts of East Africa and Malabar in the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century, by Duarte Barbosa.

 

[KD Archive]

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Well, it appears it was not hard to establish that the area was rather populated way before any Dubai came into picture. With the narrative choosing to omit the fact of prior cities occupying the same area, this could probably be something to research. At the same time with UAE being what it is, we are definitely limited to the texts only. How much truth survived the cleansing is unknown.

• Hopefully, searching for the older cities mentioned on the maps could shed some light on some of this Dubai mystery.

1571

1571 Turcici Imperii Descriptio

1595

1595 - Definiantur in hac tabula, Orae maritimae Abexie

1708

1708 - Carte Particuliere d'une Partie d'Asie

At some point we start seeing ruins being mentioned on the related maps.

1719

1719 Carte de la Turquie, de L'Arabie et de la Perse avec leurs dependances.

KD: I think "Baha" and "Calba" are the earliest city names pertaining to the Dubai region.

Considering that on the below 1862 map they placed this Sharjas Tower, which is probably indicative of the city of Sharjah, we could make the following hypothesis:

• Baha, later Julfar/Julphar - Dubai
• Calba, later Seer - Sharjah

 

[CurvedBullet]

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I'm sure many of you are familiar with the high strangeness going on in Dubai. I'm somewhat surprised that there isn't a thread about it here already, although the more overt anomalies have popped up over the last couple decades, so it isn't exactly stolen "history" yet... however, the themes present are more than a little in sync with the topic material on this site and it's entirely possible in my opinion that the huge construction project over the last 50 years has also been done in part to obfuscate the ancient city that was there before.

So, let's just wikiorient ourselves first:
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Dubai is the largest and most populous city in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the capital of the Emirate of Dubai.

• Located on the southeast coast of the Persian Gulf, Dubai is a global city and the business hub of the Middle East. It is also a major global transport hub for passengers and cargo. Oil revenue helped accelerate the development of the city, which was already a major mercantile hub. Today, less than 5% of the emirate's revenue comes from oil. A centre for regional and international trade since the early 20th century, Dubai's economy relies on revenues from trade, tourism, aviation, real estate, and financial services.
• Dubai has attracted the attention of the world through large construction projects, opulent hotels and hosting major sports tournaments.
• ...Many theories have been proposed as to the origin of the word "Dubai". One theory suggests the word was used to describe the souq, which was similar to the souq in Ba. An Arabic proverb says "Daba Dubai" (Arabic: دبا دبي‎), meaning "They came with a lot of money." According to Fedel Handhal, a scholar on the UAE's history and culture, the word Dubai may have come from the word daba (Arabic: دبا‎) (a past tense derivative of yadub (Arabic: يدب‎), which means "to creep"), referring to the slow flow of Dubai Creek inland. The poet and scholar Ahmad Mohammad Obaid traces it to the same word, but to its alternative meaning of "baby locust" (Arabic: جراد‎) due to the abundant nature of locusts in the area before settlement.

History

The earliest recorded mention of Dubai is in 1095 in the Book of Geography by the Andalusian-Arab geographer Abu Abdullah al-Bakri. The Venetian pearl merchant Gasparo Balbi visited the area in 1580 and mentioned Dubai (Dibei) for its pearling industry....

• Dubai is thought to have been established as a fishing village in the early 18th century and was, by 1822, a town of some 700–800 members of the Bani Yas tribe and subject to the rule of Sheikh Tahnun bin Shakhbut of Abu Dhabi....
• Dubai signed the General Maritime Treaty of 1820 along with other Trucial States, following the British punitive expedition against Ras Al Khaimah of 1819, which also led to the bombardment of the coastal communities of the Persian Gulf. This led to the 1853 Perpetual Maritime Truce.
• Dubai also – like its neighbours on the Trucial Coast – entered into an exclusivity agreement in which the United Kingdom took responsibility for the emirate's security in 1892.

• Al Fahidi Fort, built-in 1787, houses the Dubai Museum, which was opened in 1971 (the year the federation was formed), to be an official museum that displays the history of Dubai and its original heritage. In 1995, another underground museum was established and added to the old fort. (Dubai Museum and Al Fahidi Fort)
• In 1841, a smallpox epidemic broke out in the Bur Dubai locality, forcing residents to relocate east to Deira. In 1896, fire broke out in Dubai, a disastrous occurrence in a town where many family homes were still constructed from barasti - palm fronds. The conflagration consumed half the houses of Bur Dubai, while the district of Deira was said to have been totally destroyed. The following year, more fires broke out. A female slave was caught in the act of starting one such blaze and was subsequently put to death...
• In 1901, Maktoum bin Hasher Al Maktoum established Dubai as a free port with no taxation on imports or exports and also gave merchants parcels of land and guarantees of protection and tolerance....
• ...The 'great storm' of 1908 struck the pearling boats of Dubai and the coastal emirates towards the end of the pearling season that year, resulting in the loss of a dozen boats and over 100 men. The disaster was a major setback for Dubai, with many families losing their breadwinner and merchants facing financial ruin....
• ..Despite a lack of oil, Dubai's ruler from 1958, Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum, used revenue from trading activities to build infrastructure. Private companies were established to build and operate infrastructure, including electricity, telephone services and both the ports and airport operators. An airport of sorts (a runway built on salt flats) was established in Dubai in the 1950s and, in 1959, the emirate's first hotel, the Airlines Hotel, was constructed....

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So, the official story for the expansion of Dubai was in part because they were floating in money after discovering oil, however, as indicated above, it appears that the building predated the discovery of oil:

• After years of exploration following large finds in neighbouring Abu Dhabi, oil was eventually discovered in territorial waters off Dubai in 1966, albeit in far smaller quantities. The first field was named 'Fateh' or 'good fortune'. This led to an acceleration of Sheikh Rashid's infrastructure development plans and a construction boom that brought a massive influx of foreign workers, mainly Asians and Middle easterners. Between 1968 and 1975 the city's population grew by over 300%.

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Dubai 1950 (doesn't look quite as desolate as I expected, really...)

These old photos of Dubai show how much the UAE has changed

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Desert development: The Clocktower roundabout in the neighbourhood of Deira stands surrounded by sandy, undeveloped lots. Today (below) the clocktower is ringed by towering hotels but, for a time after it was built in 1964, the area was considered remote from the city centre

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Dubai, supposedly in the 1960s (Dubai before the boom: Staggering pictures show how emirate went from desert backwater to the Manhattan of the Middle East in just 50 years)

Here's a pretty good video highlighting the development since 1960:

Yes, they have several man-made islands.

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And of course, the tallest building in the world, Burj Khalifa:

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I had been aware of Dubai, but it was really Chris Knowles at The Secret Sun who pointed out some of the more unusual aspects of it. Here's a pretty good article of his from 2016 which delves into more detail and also discusses another interesting feature of Dubai:


Enki's Playground, or the Domed City of Dubai

Knowles goes on to mention the opening ceremony of the Atlantis The Palm, Dubai.

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(Reminds me a little of the Atlantic City hotel the Traymore that was recently posted about, 1906/1914 World’s Largest Resort Hotel “Fireproof” Traymore Atlantic City, NJ)

If you have the time, I highly suggest watching the whole ceremony, entitled "The Search for Atlantis". At least until they unveil "a new icon":

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There is more going on in Dubai than I can document here and all of it screams to me "WHY", in the way that many building projects of the past do. This one is obviously different... it would appear that these massive structures were built during the last few decades, but there are many aspects to this that do not seem to jive with the official story.

All of that, of course, qualifies Dubai to host an Exposition!

Expo 2020, Maintenance Page

Any thoughts on any of this? Beyond they're building a spaceport for aliens? Which may be true, but also seems to be the popular alternative theory and I have my reservations. I am also curious about old maps that may feature Dubai and any older pictures (at least pre-1960) of the city.

Really good post and I thought the exact same thing re: Atlantis looking like the Traymore! Meanwhile, these doomed buildings have a foreboding "Logan's Run" and "Zardoz" aspect to them. I wonder what's underneath the soil in the former desert near the roundabout.

As far as the funding for Project Dubai goes maybe there's a huge tax advantage a la the Opportunity Funds popular now in USofA Corp.

Dubai is fascinating and frankly a little scary. Apologies to anyone from Dubai or the UAE on the SH forum, but this is how I feel. Okay, a Disneyland for elite Arab princes, illuminati dill weeds, and masters of the world. I get that. But...

A Ferrari World?

• A 1200 bhp $1.2M Bugatti cop car? (For chasing down all those thousands of downmarket Ferraris)
• Underwater hotel rooms? (Aquariums are selfish. Zoos as well)
• Domesticated Giraffes?
• Private menageries? (That's another thread)
• Cryptocurrency en masse?
• Alcohol is served in many hotels, and I'll bet Artificial Intelligence 5G and cameras are everywhere.

Something does not add up. I wonder what's been built underground? DUMBS bases for international militaries?
Is this the best the human race can do?

We live in a sick world of dichotomy. While people starve, drown in debt, and wars saddle countries with death and genocide, here we have the perfect Elysium from which elites can thumb their noses at everyone deemed unfit. This is the movie "Elysium" come alive with no regrets, no morals, no rules. If you have enough billions, I'll bet you can do anything sick, selfish, and twisted you want in dubious ol' Dubai. Maybe you can anywhere, but this place has a concierge service for it.

Frankly, if I were an extraterrestrial delegation from Andromeda, I would be embarrassed to stay there.
"Happy" for who, exactly? Cyborg trans-humans? Jeffrey Epstein-loving Deep State kleptocrats?
Is everyone chipped, Elon Musk fans?

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Dubai officialdom says: OUR VISION IS TO MAKE DUBAI THE HAPPIEST CITY ON EARTH!

• OVER THE PAST 40 YEARS, Dubai’s rapid development in various economic sectors meant that traditional processes needed to be continuously updated to ensure efficiency and speed. Government effectiveness became increasingly imperative especially in Government to Consumer (G2C) and Government to Government (G2G) services.

LEVERAGING EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES AND INITIATIVES!

Leveraging emerging technologies and initiatives such as Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things and Data Sharing, we are recreating everyday experiences for residents and visitors of Dubai, making them much more personalized, seamless, efficient and impactful.

• However....

BBC News: "Overextended"

On paper it was succeeding, as by 2008 over 95% of its GDP was made up by such sectors. But with the onset of the credit crunch much of this success began to come undone as foreign direct investment and appetite for these activities faded. Dubai had also badly overextended itself with most of its mega projects - including giant manmade islands - being financed by large debts.
With most of these needing to be refinanced in the near future, the emirate's government spent most of 2009 trying to attract international creditors but was largely unsuccessful.
With Abu Dhabi providing some limited financial assistance, both in February 2009 and earlier this week, Dubai managed to keep afloat.
But with Abu Dhabi's clear unwillingness to completely bail out Dubai, much attention has been placed on the relationship between the two emirates, especially since the recent default.
If Abu Dhabi does not provide more help, then the government of Dubai will soon be bankrupt.

Competition

Although the ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, recently told journalists to "shut up" and stop referring to Dubai and Abu Dhabi as being separate, and although the Al Maktoum family is of the same tribe as Abu Dhabi's ruling Al Nahyan family - the Bani Yas - the two dynasties nonetheless have a long history of rivalry.

Somehow I sincerely doubt Dubai will ever go bankrupt. Lots of hidden agendas, tons of money.
JWW

"Elysium" was the heads up for The Project but it was never going to be in space, it was always going to be right here on the plane/t....

 

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I'm sure many of you are familiar with the high strangeness going on in Dubai. I'm somewhat surprised that there isn't a thread about it here already, although the more overt anomalies have popped up over the last couple decades, so it isn't exactly stolen "history" yet... however, the themes present are more than a little in sync with the topic material on this site and it's entirely possible in my opinion that the huge construction project over the last 50 years has also been done in part to obfuscate the ancient city that was there before.

So, let's just wikiorient ourselves first:
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Dubai is the largest and most populous city in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the capital of the Emirate of Dubai.

• Located on the southeast coast of the Persian Gulf, Dubai is a global city and the business hub of the Middle East. It is also a major global transport hub for passengers and cargo. Oil revenue helped accelerate the development of the city, which was already a major mercantile hub. Today, less than 5% of the emirate's revenue comes from oil. A centre for regional and international trade since the early 20th century, Dubai's economy relies on revenues from trade, tourism, aviation, real estate, and financial services.
• Dubai has attracted the attention of the world through large construction projects, opulent hotels and hosting major sports tournaments.
• ...Many theories have been proposed as to the origin of the word "Dubai". One theory suggests the word was used to describe the souq, which was similar to the souq in Ba. An Arabic proverb says "Daba Dubai" (Arabic: دبا دبي‎), meaning "They came with a lot of money." According to Fedel Handhal, a scholar on the UAE's history and culture, the word Dubai may have come from the word daba (Arabic: دبا‎) (a past tense derivative of yadub (Arabic: يدب‎), which means "to creep"), referring to the slow flow of Dubai Creek inland. The poet and scholar Ahmad Mohammad Obaid traces it to the same word, but to its alternative meaning of "baby locust" (Arabic: جراد‎) due to the abundant nature of locusts in the area before settlement.

History

The earliest recorded mention of Dubai is in 1095 in the Book of Geography by the Andalusian-Arab geographer Abu Abdullah al-Bakri. The Venetian pearl merchant Gasparo Balbi visited the area in 1580 and mentioned Dubai (Dibei) for its pearling industry....

• Dubai is thought to have been established as a fishing village in the early 18th century and was, by 1822, a town of some 700–800 members of the Bani Yas tribe and subject to the rule of Sheikh Tahnun bin Shakhbut of Abu Dhabi....
• Dubai signed the General Maritime Treaty of 1820 along with other Trucial States, following the British punitive expedition against Ras Al Khaimah of 1819, which also led to the bombardment of the coastal communities of the Persian Gulf. This led to the 1853 Perpetual Maritime Truce.
• Dubai also – like its neighbours on the Trucial Coast – entered into an exclusivity agreement in which the United Kingdom took responsibility for the emirate's security in 1892.

• Al Fahidi Fort, built-in 1787, houses the Dubai Museum, which was opened in 1971 (the year the federation was formed), to be an official museum that displays the history of Dubai and its original heritage. In 1995, another underground museum was established and added to the old fort. (Dubai Museum and Al Fahidi Fort)
• In 1841, a smallpox epidemic broke out in the Bur Dubai locality, forcing residents to relocate east to Deira. In 1896, fire broke out in Dubai, a disastrous occurrence in a town where many family homes were still constructed from barasti - palm fronds. The conflagration consumed half the houses of Bur Dubai, while the district of Deira was said to have been totally destroyed. The following year, more fires broke out. A female slave was caught in the act of starting one such blaze and was subsequently put to death...
• In 1901, Maktoum bin Hasher Al Maktoum established Dubai as a free port with no taxation on imports or exports and also gave merchants parcels of land and guarantees of protection and tolerance....
• ...The 'great storm' of 1908 struck the pearling boats of Dubai and the coastal emirates towards the end of the pearling season that year, resulting in the loss of a dozen boats and over 100 men. The disaster was a major setback for Dubai, with many families losing their breadwinner and merchants facing financial ruin....
• ..Despite a lack of oil, Dubai's ruler from 1958, Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum, used revenue from trading activities to build infrastructure. Private companies were established to build and operate infrastructure, including electricity, telephone services and both the ports and airport operators. An airport of sorts (a runway built on salt flats) was established in Dubai in the 1950s and, in 1959, the emirate's first hotel, the Airlines Hotel, was constructed....

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So, the official story for the expansion of Dubai was in part because they were floating in money after discovering oil, however, as indicated above, it appears that the building predated the discovery of oil:

• After years of exploration following large finds in neighbouring Abu Dhabi, oil was eventually discovered in territorial waters off Dubai in 1966, albeit in far smaller quantities. The first field was named 'Fateh' or 'good fortune'. This led to an acceleration of Sheikh Rashid's infrastructure development plans and a construction boom that brought a massive influx of foreign workers, mainly Asians and Middle easterners. Between 1968 and 1975 the city's population grew by over 300%.

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Dubai 1950 (doesn't look quite as desolate as I expected, really...)

These old photos of Dubai show how much the UAE has changed

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Desert development: The Clocktower roundabout in the neighbourhood of Deira stands surrounded by sandy, undeveloped lots. Today (below) the clocktower is ringed by towering hotels but, for a time after it was built in 1964, the area was considered remote from the city centre

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Dubai, supposedly in the 1960s (Dubai before the boom: Staggering pictures show how emirate went from desert backwater to the Manhattan of the Middle East in just 50 years)

Here's a pretty good video highlighting the development since 1960:

Yes, they have several man-made islands.

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And of course, the tallest building in the world, Burj Khalifa:

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I had been aware of Dubai, but it was really Chris Knowles at The Secret Sun who pointed out some of the more unusual aspects of it. Here's a pretty good article of his from 2016 which delves into more detail and also discusses another interesting feature of Dubai:


Enki's Playground, or the Domed City of Dubai

Knowles goes on to mention the opening ceremony of the Atlantis The Palm, Dubai.

View attachment 31205

(Reminds me a little of the Atlantic City hotel the Traymore that was recently posted about, 1906/1914 World’s Largest Resort Hotel “Fireproof” Traymore Atlantic City, NJ)

If you have the time, I highly suggest watching the whole ceremony, entitled "The Search for Atlantis". At least until they unveil "a new icon":

View attachment 31696

There is more going on in Dubai than I can document here and all of it screams to me "WHY", in the way that many building projects of the past do. This one is obviously different... it would appear that these massive structures were built during the last few decades, but there are many aspects to this that do not seem to jive with the official story.

All of that, of course, qualifies Dubai to host an Exposition!

Expo 2020, Maintenance Page

Any thoughts on any of this? Beyond they're building a spaceport for aliens? Which may be true, but also seems to be the popular alternative theory and I have my reservations. I am also curious about old maps that may feature Dubai and any older pictures (at least pre-1960) of the city.

Money laundering would be my guess

 

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Date: 2019-10-25 19:37:55
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These palm tree islands remind me of something....

Oh...

 

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BrokenAgate is spot on.

Alien Face Hugger = Facial ID? Lays Eggs by shoving them down your throat? Hmm...sound a little familiar?
Here's a little collage I whipped up. That's the Ryugyong Hotel in the far right bottom corner in North Korea, aka Pedo Castle, and then the Denver Aiports blue radar screens seem to be reflected in the Dubai Skyline, maybe Space Farce's Space Fence, watching, listening, other? Oh, and yea, the triangles, alway the triangles.

 

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While we are in the region, let me point you to a very peculiar little island in the region named Hormuz island.

Map from 1746 shows us starforts and other buildings

Now, lets see how it looks today shall we.

• Google Maps

What happened there? Why does the ground look like its been melted? I have so many questions...

 

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Now, lets see how it looks today shall we.

Something like this:

• Hormoz Island in Persia: what happened to it?

Let's have all the island only Hormoz related discussions in there please. The entire Hormoz region is different.