Al jawaher wal la'li is the first known manuscript in the history of the United Arab Emirates. It talks about all the Emirates plus the Emirate of Hamriyah which ceased existence in the early 1960s. The author is Abdullah al Mutawa, a pro-Saudi citizen of Sharjah. The book was printed in 1990 but was banned because of certain accusations it has to the ruling family in Abu Dhabi. A manuscript (Latin manu scriptus, written by hand), strictly speaking, is any written document that is put down by hand, in contrast to being printed or reproduced some other way. ... Etymologically an emirate or amirate (Arabic: إمارة Imarah, plural: إمارات Imarat) is the quality, dignity, office or territorial competence of any Emir (prince, governor etc. ... The Emirate of Sharjah (Arabic: الشارقة) extends along approximately 16 kilometres of the United Arab Emiratess Persian Gulf coastline and for more than 80 kilometres into the interior. ... This article is about the year. ... Abu Dhabi or Abu Zaby (Arabic language: أبوظبي) is the largest of the seven emirates that comprise the United Arab Emirates and was also the largest of the former Trucial States. ...