The area initially sustained by fishing and pearl diving for a thousand years, with the first records of the town being made in 1799 when the Bani Yas clan established it as a dependency of Abu Dhabi.
Ebe a na-ejide azụ na mmiri pel ruo otu puku afọ, ebe a na-ede ihe ndekọ mbụ nke obodo ahụ na 1799 mgbe ụlọ Bani Yas guzobere ya dị ka ihe ndabere nke Abu Dhabi.