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. The Marar are traditionally

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, Mailiki

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and formed part of the tribal confederation brought together by

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, 'Zayed the Great', of Abu Dhabi. In 1890, under Zayed, the Marar and

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tribes were involved in a series of raids on the coast between Abu Dhabi and Dubai, capturing 400 camels and 100 horses. The Marar had also settled in Dubai and under Sheikh Rashid bin Maktoum of Dubai, in 1891, some 400 men of the Marar, considering themselves ill-treated by Rashid, ended the pearling season by sailing their boats to

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and subsequently settling there. This action led to three years of bitter negotiations, arbitrated by the British Resident, settling financial claims and counter claims which led to a number of further conflicts on land. By the turn of the 19th century, the Marar were to be found in

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and

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as well as Liwa, with 200 houses in the

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Marar consisted of some 70 families in Liwa, closely related to the Mazari, while the Marar of the towns were traditionally pearl divers.

Prominent figures

Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum ( ar, ٱلـشَّـيْـخ رَاشِـد بِـن سَـعِـيْـد آل مَـكْـتُـوْم, Ash-Shaykh Rāshid bin Sa`īd Āl Maktūm; 11 June 1912 – 7 October 1990) was the vice president ...

's mother, Sheikha Hessa bint Al Mur bin Hureiz Al Falasi, was Marar, as was his wife, Sheikha Latifa bint Hamdan Al Nahyan, the daughter of the ruler of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan. Latifa had fled to

from Abu Dhabi with her mother when her father was killed. She is the mother of the current ruler of Dubai,

Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum ( ar, محمد بن راشد آل مكتوم, links=no; ; born 15 July 1949) is the Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates, vice president, prime minister, and minister of defence of the United Arab Emir ...

. Hamdan's other daughter, Maryam, died in November 2020. The area of

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in Dubai that was traditionally settled by the Marar today bears their name, transliterated variously as Al Murar and also commonly Al Marar.

References

Tribes of the United Arab Emirates History of the United Arab Emirates {{UAE-stub