Sultan bin Saqr Al Qasimi II

In this Arabic name, the surname is Al Qasimi.
Sultan bin Saqr Al Qasimi II
Sheikh
Ruler of Sharjah
Reign1924–1951
PredecessorKhalid bin Ahmad Al Qasimi
SuccessorSaqr bin Sultan Al Qasimi
Died1951
IssueRuler Saqr
Deputy Ruler Ahmad (1948–2020) (father of incumbent Deputy Ruler Sultan bin Ahmad)
Muhammad (father of incumbent Crown Prince and Deputy Ruler Sultan bin Muhammad bin Sultan)
HouseAl Qasimi
Sheikh Sultan bin Saqer Al Qasimi 1935

Sheikh Sultan II bin Saqr Al Qasimi was the Ruler of Sharjah, a Trucial State and now one of the United Arab Emirates, from 1924 to 1951. His father having ceded the rule of Sharjah to Khalid bin Ahmad Al Qasimi, Sultan found himself dispossessed and married the daughter of Abdulrahman bin Shamsi, the headman of Al Heera. Buoyed by Khalid's unpopularity and Abdulrahman's force of personality and arms, Sultan deposed Khalid and became Ruler of Sharjah. However, he found the interior of the country dominated by Bedouin tribes and the East coast increasingly dominated by the former Ruler, Khalid bin Ahmad, leaving Sultan the effective ruler of a cluster of coastal settlements, many of which constantly tried to secede from his rule. He is cited as having presided over a low ebb in the power of the Al Qasimi, formerly a powerful maritime federation.[1]

  1. ^ Said., Zahlan, Rosemarie (2016). The Origins of the United Arab Emirates : a Political and Social History of the Trucial States. Taylor and Francis. p. 184. ISBN 9781317244653. OCLC 945874284.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)