The Tribal Sheiks in the persian Gulf are different than the Somali Garaads or Ugaases they r the ruling Sultans who operate as authority figures with power and represent the regime while there has been no Islamic state in Somalia throughout history instead we r a pastoral community that does not know a system of government. There is another difference but some Somali clans and tribes knew this type of dealings which is dealing with the colonial countries that recognized them as protectorates but the Arab tribes are more than a century and a half older than the Somali ones since the seventeenth century when they started to deviate from the obedience of the Ottomans. Among them are the Najdi tribes from northern Saudi Arabia in which the capital of Riyadh is located and the Wahabi movement also emerged from it. They allied themselvies with the Europeans against the Ottomans and the tribe of Banu Khaled that was running the Northern and Eastern parts of the Arabian Peninsula such as northern Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar and Bahrain on behalf of the Ottomans. so Kuwait and Bahrain rulers origins are from Najd from the عتبه tribe who came to power in their countries with the help of the Saudi family so you find a special relationship between these three countries to the point that Saudi Arabia annexed Bahrain to protect the ruling family from Its Ajami and Persian origin people who follow the Shiite sect.
The Saudi Arabia’s historical regional competitor was the Emirates not Qatar as is happening now. The UAE is made up of seven Arab sheikhdoms and was trying to include Qatar and Bahrain to be the 8 and 9 Emirates under Sheikh Zayed especially Qatar to be the eighth Emirate because there are tribal societies on the borders of Qatar with Saudi Arabia that r claimed by the UAE so the latter tried to build a sea bridge between it and Qatar but Saudi Arabia prevented it at a time when the UAE was in a weak position in the seventies saying that these marine waters belong to Saudi Arabia. When the Europeans arrived in the region, Abu Dhabi and Dubai were ruled by one family but they became two separate branches the al Nahyan and ala maktoum ruling families of Abu dhabi and Dubai
old ruling clan under the ottomans
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bani_Khalid
Dubai and abudhabi tribe. These two have the right to veto any national policy so if they don't agree to anything, it will not be passed on.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bani_Yas
wahabi Ala sheekh and the the ruling qatari family tribe. There is a tribal overlap between Qatar and Saudi Arabia while the Bani Tamim tribe rules Qatar it was historically allied with the Saud family and manages religious affairs such as the religious police and the Scholars Council such led by Muhammad bin Al-Uthaimin who are the grandson of Muhammad Abdul-Wahhab so Qatar supported their largest branch and the mother the Banin Tamim of Saudi Arabia while Saudi Arabia supported the second largest tribe in Qatar that dwell in the border between the two countries, so that two are playing with fire
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banu_Tamim
Najdi origin Kuwait and bahrain ruling tribe
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bani_Utbah
No i don't think so They are an absolute monarchy and their citizens earn a higher salary than those in western countries and most of them do not pay taxes and have Indian and Asian maids. Secondly, because of the western oil interests, the British and the Americans helped them draw their tribal borders so that they would not fight over them and there were quasi-state structures that paved the way for their unity. When you are in the Emirates except Abu Dhabi, you would see Emirates on the coast with no much distance between them same distance between Xamar and Afgooye or Afgooye and Marka or Jawhar and Xamar and each one has its own laws, its borders with the other, and an absolute ruler. The UAE is the most successful experiment in history. 
