8 assassinations

We can draw the map of the rulers of the Arab world in terms of assassinations, depositions, and power seizing. Speaking about the United Arab Emirates, Michael Hudson, in his book Arab Politics, page 198, (1977), wrote: 

"Five of the seven emirs in the new federation had come to power through an irregular seizure of power. Sheikh Zayid of Abu Dhabi had overthrown his brother Shakhbut in 1966; Rashid of Dubai had deposed his uncles in 1932; Ahmed of Umm-al-Qaywayn had shot an uncle who had just murdered his father; Saqr of Ras-al-Khayma had expelled his uncle in 1948; and, in the most recend coup, 1972, Sheikh Sultan of Sharja assumed power after his brother Khalid had been shot by his cousin and the former ruler, Saqr ibn Sultan. In Abu Dhabi, the core state of the federation, 8 of the 15 emirs of the Al bu Falah dynasty of the Bani Yas tribe, which had ruled uninterruptedly since the 1760's, have been assassinated." (The Closed Circle, David Pryce-Jones, 2002; page 263).