http://www.web-hotels.com/dubai/ Travel and tourist guide for Dubai en-gb Wed, 16 Arp 2008 9:1:50 GMT Copyright: (C) Web-Hotels.com Ltd, see http://www.web-hotels.com//privacypolicy.html for terms and conditions of reuse http://www.web-hotels.com//images/a-logo1.gif http://www.web-hotels.com/ There was a pearl-diving and fishing community at the mouth of Dubai Creek for many centuries, but modern Dubai dates its existence to the 1830s when the Bani Yas tribe under the Al-Maktoum family settled there and renounced allegiance to Abu Dhabi. http://www.web-hotels.com/dubai/ Fri, 15 Sep 2006 20:31:27 GMT Dubai