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The history of modern Dubai begins in 1833. At that time, Maktoum ibn Butti brought his men, specifically 800 members of the Al Bu Falash family from the Bani Yas tribe, to Shindagha Island, where he established a settlement at the mouth of the Khor Dubai sea arm and declared independence from Abu Dhabi. Dubai then became a fishing settlement. #pandora_tv