[1] Sheikh Rashid gained the support of the majority of the family and tribal leaders and acceded in 1886, continuing the policies of open trade and conciliation established by Hasher.
In 1891, some 400 men of the Marar tribe, considering themselves ill-treated by Rashid, ended the pearling season by sailing their boats to Sharjah.
[4][5] Also in 1892, in March, a number of Dubai subjects ejected a number of Al Qasimi dependents from Sir Bu Nair Island - resulting in a censure from the British Agent, requiring the aggressors to withdraw and return the arms they captured, as well as Rashid having to undertake his subjects would not in future travel to Sir Bu Nair without permission from the Sheikh of Sharjah.
[6] In September 1892, Rashid married into the Al Bu Shamis subsection of the Na'im tribe in Buraimi.
He died on 7 April 1894 during a major cholera outbreak in Dubai,[7] although the cause of his death was described as a 'paralytic seizure'.