Sheikh Saeed II bin Maktum

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His Highness Sheikh Saeed II bin Maktum was emir of Dubai November 1912 - April 15 1929 and April 18 1929 - September 1958. He was the son of Sheikh Maktum II bin Hushur, the emir 1894-1906. He succeeded his distant uncle Sheikh Bati bin Suhayl (see Family tree of the Al Maktoum rulers). In 1929 he was briefly deposed and succeeded by Sheikh Mani bin Rashid a distant uncle. Three days later he was restored and reigned until his death in 1958.

Although Dubai (and other surrounding areas) fell under an economic depression in the 1920s (due to its great reliance on pearling), he managed, with the help of a progressive trade policy, to raise Dubai's economics and limit the reliance on pearling. He was succeeded by Rashid II ibn Said Al Maktoum.

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