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15-835: The Khawatir form one of three subsections of the Na'im, the others being the Al Bu Shamis and the Al Bu Kharaiban . It is from the latter that the current Rulers of the Emirate of Ajman are drawn. A Bedouin tribe, whose dar stretched from Buraimi north to the Jiri Plain , the Khawatir mostly settled in the area around the Buraimi oasis and, resentful of the encroachment of the Al Bu Falah and their allies

30-480: A number of disputes culminating with the Khawatir prevailing in 1927, with suspicions of interference with the oasis' water supply arising because of the unusually poor date crop that year. The following year, a settlement conducted by the Na'im chiefs of this issue led to the ascension of the deposed Sheikh of Sharjah, Khalid bin Ahmed Al Qasimi to rule Dhaid. Khalid enlisted the support of the Khawatir (as well as

45-760: Is an Arab Bedouin tribe that mostly inhabit the southeastern part of the Arabian Peninsula . They are located mainly in the United Arab Emirates and Northern Oman . The Al Bu Shamis are one of three sections of the Na'im , the others being Al Bu Kharaiban and Khawatir . Of the three sections, the Al Bu Shamis has become virtually independent and associated closely with the Al Bu Falasa of Dubai . The Al Bu Shamis emigrated from Western Arabia to settle around

60-653: The Bani Kaab , Bani Qitab and Al Bu Falasah, the Al Bu Shamis remained generally on good terms with other tribes, particularly the Duru and Bani Qitab. The Na'im settled Buraimi and nearby Al Ain , where Na'im expansion came at the expense of the Dhawahir tribe, but also rubbed up against the Bani Yas and the allied Manasir . The Na'im as a whole, including the Al Bu Shams, were led by

75-652: The Bani Yas in a tribal confederation which united to drive Wahhabi forces from Buraimi. Despite their alliance under the Bani Yas, the Bani Kaab were rivals to the Na'im and Bani Qitab , and had pushed sections of the Na'im north as far as the Jiri plain . In an area and time of shifting alliances, a century later the Bani Kaab were in alliance with the Saudis , the Sheikh of the tribe at

90-759: The Buraimi Dispute . Bani Kaab The Bani Kaab ( Arabic : بني كعب ) (singular Al Kaabi Arabic : الكعبي ) is an Arab tribe in Oman and the United Arab Emirates , also evident in other Gulf countries. The tribe is associated with the area around and to the north of the Omani Wilayat of Mahdah , and to areas of the Emirates to the East of Buraimi , including the Wadi Khadra, Wadi Hatta and Wadi Qor . Subsections of

105-514: The Dhahirah and Sunaynah areas. Later migrations led some of them to Al Ain and the Buraimi Oasis . 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. While the Na'im were often involved in disputes and open warfare with other tribes, including

120-834: The Manasir in the C19th, adopted Wahhabism as a doctrine. Following the Saudi withdrawal in 1871, they submitted to Muscat but then became dependent on Zayed bin Khalifa Al Nahyan having been, like the Dawahir, hard pressed by his expansion in the Buraimi/ Al Ain Oasis . The Khawatir frequently came into conflict with the Sharqiyin of Fujairah , but would generally ally with the Sharqiyin against

135-589: The Bani Kaab include the Drisah, Makatim, Misaid, Miyadilah, Miyalisah, Mizahamiyin, Nawaljiyin, Salalat, Sawalim, Shwaihiyin, Yidwah and Zahairat. Of these, the Drisah and Shwaihiyin were nomadic while the other sections had settled by the turn of the 20th century, a population of some 7,250 of whom 1,150 were Bedouin. By 1844, the tribe had allied itself (in common with other tribes of the interior of southeastern Arabia) with Sheikh Khalifa bin Shakhbut Al Nayhan of

150-568: The Bani Kaab, the Bani Qitab and the Sheikh of Hamriyah) in an attempt to invade a retake control of Sharjah, which was averted by the British. Khalid would go on to become ruler of Kalba on the death of his father in law, Sheikh Said bin Hamad Al Qasimi. Al Bu Shamis The Al Bu Shamis ( Arabic : آل بو شامس ) or Al Shawamis ( Arabic : الشوامس ) (singular Al Shamsi Arabic : الشامسي )

165-538: The Jiri Plain, and these would have been relatively wealthy, with 800 camels, 70 donkeys, 1,500 sheep and goats and 100 cattle. A further 150 houses of Khawatir were settled at Hafit to the south east of Buraimi, with 900 date palms, 1,000 sheep and goats and 200 camels. As well as Buraimi, the Khawatir also settled in the Sharjah dependency of Dhaid , where they subsisted frequently uneasily with their Bani Qitab neighbours,

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180-592: The Sheikh of the Al Bu Kharaiban. Although the Na'im were linked to the growing Wahhabi influence in the Buraimi area and adopted the doctrine, they allied with other forces to evict the Wahhabis from Buraimi in 1871 and subsequently occupied many of the forts around Buraimi. However, following the death of Zayed the Great , the Na'im once again were loyal to Muscat but in the 1930s and 40s came under Saudi influence. With

195-516: The continuing decline of the Na'im tribal federation, the Al Bu Shamis maintained an almost completely separate identity and, in fact, the Al Bu Shamis leader of Al Heera – Sheikh Abdulrahman bin Muhammad Al Shamsi was often at loggerheads, if not war, with the Na'imi Al Bu Kharaiban Ruler of Ajman. With Saudi interests focused on Buraimi in the late 1940s, together with the Bani Kaab , the Al Bu Shamis were ranged against British forces during

210-521: The powerful Qawasim of Sharjah and Ras Al Khaimah . As with the other Na'im of Buraimi, the Khawatir recognised the influence of the head of the Al Bu Kharaiban of Buraimi, and by the 1940s were considered to be independent of Muscat. Together with other Na'im in Buraimi, the Khawatir once again came under Saudi influence in the 1950s, leading to their participation in the Buraimi dispute . Lorimer , in 1906, identified some 500 Khawatir living as Bedouin in

225-630: The time, Obaid bin Jumah, confirming to the Governor of Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province , "Our territories are yours." Although the Na'im and Bani Kaab were frequently opposed to each other, in the 1940s they came together when the prospect of oil concessions loomed. In this, they were opposed to the oil companies, the imposition of the rule of the Trucial Sheikhs, the Sultan of Muscat and the British alike. When

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