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trucial, a.|ˈtruːʃ(ɪ)əl|
[f. truce n. + -ial.]
Of, pertaining to, or bound by a truce; used only with reference to the maritime truce made in 1835 between the British Government and certain Arab sheikhs of the Oman Peninsula.
The truce was renewed several times. In 1853 it was succeeded by a Treaty of Perpetual Peace, but the territories to which it had applied continued to be known as the Trucial States until 1971, when they became the United Arab Emirates.
1876Aitchison's Coll. Treaties (ed. 2) VII. 44 The possessions of the so-called trucial Chiefs of the maritime tribes of the Persian Gulf. 1891G. N. Curzon Persia II. 452 Adjoining the Trucial states upon the West is the rugged promontory of El Katr. 1911L. Fraser India under Curzon 82 We..bound them by a truce..so that to this day they are known as the Trucial Chiefs of Oman. 1927P. Cox in Lett. Gertrude Bell II. 506 We had treaties of old standing..with the Sheikhs of the Pirate (now the Trucial) Coast of Oman. 1930A. Rihani Around Coasts of Arabia 354 In Trucial Oman also the five independent Sheikhs agree not to enter into correspondence or agreement with any power other than the British Government. 1957Times 24 Aug. 5/4 The Government are prepared to prop up even the ailing and backward sheikhs of the Trucial coast. 1971Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 15 Aug. 1/4 The announcement of independence had been expected for some time—ever since six of the seven trucial coast emirates agreed to federate without Bahrain when the British military forces depart at the end of this year. |