The ten families
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The ten families refers to the families or tribes that are ruling the small independent states in the Persian Gulf. The standard Arabic reference to a tribe is bani fulan, literally translated as "the sons of so-and-so". A majority of the families in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are part of the Bani Yas tribe whose origin can be traced back to Yas Bin Amer of the Nizar Bin Maid bin Adnan tribe. The ten families are
- Al Sabah family in Kuwait
- Al Khalifa family in Bahrain
- Al Thani family in Qatar
- Al Nahayan family in Abu Dhabi
- Al Nuaimi family in Ajman
- Al Sharqi family in Fujairah
- Al Maktoum family in Dubai
- Al Qasimi family in Sharjah and Ras al-Khaimah
- Al Mualla family in Umm al-Qaiwain
- Al Said family in Oman
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