Al Bu Shamis
The Al Bu Shamis (Arabic: آل بو شامس) or Al Shawamis (Arabic: الشوامس) (singular Al Shamsi Arabic: الشامسي) is an Arab Bedouin tribe that mostly inhabit the southeastern part of the Arabian Peninsula. They are located mainly in Northern Oman, the United Arab Emirates, and to a lesser extent Kuwait, Qatar, eastern Saudi Arabia, Bahrain. Due to the large nature of the tribe, there are today in fact many branches that trace themselves to the Al Bu Shamis tribe.
Origins
[edit]The Al Bu Shamis are one of three sections of the Na'im, the others being Al Bu Kharaiban and Khawatir.[1] Of the three sections, the Al Bu Shamis has become virtually independent and associated closely with the Al Bu Falasa of Dubai.[2]
Migration
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The Al bu Shamis emigrated from Western Arabia to settle around the Sunaynah area (an inland desert settlement in the Buraimi Wilayat of Oman ). Later migrations led some of them to Al Ain and Buraimi oases. Al Shamsi were also traditionally the heads of both Hamriyah and Al Heera, dependencies of Sharjah that frequently attempted to assert their independence through the 19th and into the 20th century.
The following families form branches of the Al Bu Shamis:
- Al-Herzy الحرزي
- Bin Omair بن عمير
- Al-Drawsha الدراوشة
- Bin Rahma بن ارحمه
- Bin Aylan بن عيلان
- Bin Hareb بن حارب
- Bin Taryam بن تريم
- Bu Kattara بو كتارة
- Bin Kamel بن كامل
- Bani Kalb بن كلبي
- Al-Owais العويس
- Al-Omran (Al-Quraidi, Al-Hamour) (العمران,(القريدي، الهامور
- Al-Hamrani الحمراني
- Al-Nayeli النايلي
- Al-Ghazal الغزال
- Al-Jarwan الجروان
- Al-Drawsha Al-Hadef - Al-Khalfan - Al-Omran (الدراوشه: الهادف – العمران – الخلفان)
- Belghumaisah بالغميسة
- Al-Awabd (العوابد(العويسات – العبدان – الدويس - الحصان - العقيفات – المراديس
Notable members
[edit]- Abdulrahman bin Muhammad Al Shamsi – Former ruler of Al Heera.
- Saeed Mohammed Al Shamsi – UAE Diplomat and Ambassador to Australia Saeed Mohammed Al Shamsi
- Taryam Omran Taryam Al Shamsi – co-founder of Al Khaleej and Gulf Today newspapers
- Abdulaziz Nasser Al Shamsi – Protocol of the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs Abdulaziz Nasser Al Shamsi
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Heard-Bey, Frauke (2005). From Trucial States to United Arab Emirates : a society in transition. London: Motivate. p. 60. ISBN 1860631673. OCLC 64689681.
- ^ Heard-Bey, Frauke (2005). From Trucial States to United Arab Emirates : a society in transition. London: Motivate. p. 59. ISBN 1860631673. OCLC 64689681.
- Arabian Peninsula YDNA Project
- Bait Al Naboodah Guide Book[permanent dead link] (in English)
- Abu Dhabi - Profile - Al Shamsi, APS Review Gas Market Trends, November 27, 1995.
These prefixes ignored in the alphabetical ordering: Al, Al-Bu, Albu, Banu. | |
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