Hatta, United Arab Emirates Hatta, United Arab Emirates Hatta () is the inland exclave of the emirate of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. It lies to the south-east of Dubai's main territory and is about 134 km east of Dubai City. It is located relatively high in the Hajar Mountains. It borders Oman to the east and the south, the Ajmani exclave of Masfout to the west, and Ras al-Khaimah to the north. Previously known as Hajarain, Hatta became a dependency of Dubai during the reign of Hasher Bin Maktoum after the Omani Sultan Turki bin Said transferred the territory, finding himself unable
History of the United Arab Emirates right, while the emirate of Fujairah, today one of the seven emirates that comprise the United Arab Emirates, was not recognised as a Trucial State until 1952. Kalba, recognised as a Trucial State by the British in 1936 is today part of the emirate of Sharjah. During the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the pearling industry thrived in the relative calm at sea, providing both income and employment to the people of the Persian Gulf. in 1907, some 4,500 pearling boats were operating from Gulf ports in an industry employing over 74,000 men. The Japanese cultured pearl, first a wonder