Summary
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 Na'im is divided into three sections, the Al Bu Kharaiban, the Khawatir, and the Al Bu Shamis. It is from the former section that the current Rulers of the emirate of Ajman are drawn.[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 edit
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
- Al-Moathen المؤذن
- Bin Omair بن عمير
- Al-Drawsha الدروشة
- Bin Rahma بن ارحمه
- Bin Aylan بن عيلان
- Bin Hareb بن حارب
- Bin Taryam بن تريم
- Bu Kattara بو كتارة
- Al-Jarwan الجروان
- Al-Owais العويس
- Al-Omran (Al-Quraidi, Al-Hamour) العمران,)القريدي، الهامور)
- Al-Dowais الدويس
- Al-Hamrani الحمراني
- Al-Nayeli النايلي
- Al-Ghazal الغزال
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.