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The Al Bu Muhair (singular Al Muhairi or Al Mheiri or Al Mehairi) are a tribe of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), closely associated with the
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of
Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi (, ; ar, أَبُو ظَبْيٍ ' ) is the capital and second-most populous city (after Dubai) of the United Arab Emirates. It is also the capital of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi and the centre of the Abu Dhabi Metropolitan Area. ...
but settled throughout the western coastal areas of the Emirates. At the turn of the 20th century, the Al Bu Muhair were mostly settled, with a minority of some 20 households in Abu Dhabi still following a
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lifestyle. At the time, some 500 Muhair were settled in Abu Dhabi, with another 500 members of the tribe living in Al Bateen. The Bateen settlement and its associated creek, Khor Al Bateen, were south of Al Maqta and consisted of some 130 ''areesh'' houses made of ''barasti'', or date branches. Of these, 30 houses, some 150 people, were members of the
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tribe and another 100 Muhair. Elsewhere on the coast, the Al Bu Muhair were found in
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(400 houses);
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(60 houses);
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(60 houses);
Ajman Ajman ( ar, عجمان, '; Gulf Arabic: عيمان ʿymān) is the capital of the emirate of Ajman in the United Arab Emirates. It is the fifth-largest city in UAE after Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah and Al Ain. Located along the Persian Gulf, it is ...
(80 houses);
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(30 houses) and 120 houses in
Ras Al Khaimah Ras Al Khaimah (RAK) ( ar, رَأْس ٱلْخَيْمَة, historically Julfar) is the largest city and capital of the Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates. It is the sixth-largest city in UAE after Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Al Ain ...
. Walker, in 1901, disagrees with Lorimer's 1906 estimate and puts the number of Al Bu Muhair in Ras Al Khaimah as 200 houses, divided equally between ''areesh'' and stone/gypsum construction. The Al Bu Muhair first settled in Ras Al Khaimah from Abu Dhabi with the establishment of Al Qawasim rule in the 1750s. Lorimer records the Al Bu Muhair as being of Mahra origin (Southern
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) and notes they integrated into each of the communities in which they settled.


Notable members

Notable members of the Al Bu Muhair in the Emirates today include Emirati Minister for Food and Water Security
Mariam Almheiri Mariam bint Mohammed Saeed Hareb Almheiri ( ar, مريم بنت محمد سعيد حارب المهيري) is an Emirati politician who currently serves as Minister of Climate Change and Environment in the United Arab Emirates. Education Almhe ...
and paralympian
Ahmed Saif Zaal Abu Muhair Ahmed Saif Zaal Abu Muhair is a paralympic athlete from United Arab Emirates competing mainly in category T36 track events. Ahmed competed in Sydney, Australia at the 2000 Summer Paralympics The 2000 Summer Paralympic Games or the X ...
.


References

Tribes of the United Arab Emirates Arabic-language surnames Tribes of Arabia {{DEFAULTSORT:Muhair