- The
Sharqiyin (Arabic: الشرقيون,
singular Al
Sharqi Arabic: الشرقي) is a
tribe of the
United Arab
Emirates (UAE). The
Sharqiyin were long the dominant...
- the
United Arab
Emirates (UAE). The name
derives from the
singular of
Sharqiyin, long the
dominant tribe along the East
coast of the
Trucial States (and...
-
dominated by the
Sharqiyin tribe, sits at the
mouth of the
important trade route, the Wadi Ham (which is
guarded by the
Sharqiyin Al
Bithnah Fort), through...
- coast; the Dhawahir, Awamir, Al Ali, and
Manasir of the interior; the
Sharqiyin of the east coast; and the
Qawasim to the north. With the
expansion of...
-
strategic holding and was to form a key
mainstay in the
fortunes of the
Sharqiyin through the 18th and
early 19th centuries.
Bithnah Fort is a rectangular...
-
Ajman to the Al Na'im, Umm Al
Quwain to the Al Ali and
Fujairah to the
Sharqiyin. The
Emiratis represent a
diverse po****tion with
various ethnic, cultural...
- the turn of the 20th century, a
village of
seven or
eight houses of the
Sharqiyin tribe. It grew in
importance when,
following the
crash of the pearling...
- date palms.
Khatt was po****ted in the main by
members of the 'Awanat,
Sharqiyin, and
Naqbiyin tribes –
today the Al
Naqbi Tower still stands in the village...
- it
consisted of some 300
areesh (date palm frond) houses, of Naqbiyin,
Sharqiyin,
Kunud and
Abadilah tribes as well as a
number of
Baluchis and Persians...
- watercourse. The wadi is
traditionally ****ociated with
settlements of the
Sharqiyin tribe. It is a po****r
destination for day
trippers and hikers, celebrated...
