Hat thôn 1820, Dubai mantong geukheun nan ngon Al Wasl lé ahli tarèh Inggrèh. Meuhat teuma, lam padum-padum boh seunurat na nyang geukheun tarèh reusam nanggroë Uni Emirat Arab nyang teuka nibak adat di wilayah nyan keu geutuléh ngon geupusaka calitra ra'yat ngon hikayat. Asay linguistik narit Dubai mantong jeuët keu dakwa-dawi, padum-padum droë ureuëng geupeucaya nyan teuka nibak bahsa Parsi, teuma nyang ladôm geupatéh nyan nibak bahsa Arab. Jikheun lé Fedel Handhal, ureuëng nyang that dawôkj jimeurunoë tarèh ngon reusam UEA, narit Dubai that toë teuka nibak narit Daba (derivatif dari Yadub), nyang meuareuti meu-'euë njalar; narit nyan jeuët keu tanda nibak ceureulông Dubai nyang jitamong banlaku meu-'euë u darat nanggroë nyan. Narit nan Dubai nyang phôn that meutuléh nakeuh bak thôn 1095, lam "Book of Geography" lé ahli èleumèe bumoë Andalusia-Arab Abu Abdullah al-Bakri. Ureuëng meukat permata Venesia Gaspero Balbi ka jikunjông wilayah nyoë bak 1580 ngon jikheun (Dibei) Seunurat nyang geutuléh keu dokumentasi banda Dubai meubarô na lheuëh thôn 1799.