Al Buainain (; also spelled Al Bu'ainain, Al Bu'aynin and Al Boainain) is a clan of Bani Tamim tribe, and the clan is divided to three main branches which are ''al-Muhammad'' and ''al-Ali'' and ''Al-Nuwasir''. The clan is based primarily in Eastern Province of

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and

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. The tribe used to be involved in the lucrative pearl diving industry. The Al Buainain tribe was one of the several bedouin tribes to move to Bahrain in 1783, after the Al Khalifa conquered the island.

History

Al Bu 'Ainain have contributed in establishing the town of

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on the Hasa coast -northwest of

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- following dissatisfaction in

. They have also worked on building up one of Qatar's largest cities,

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. J. G. Lorimer noted in his publication ''

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'' that the Al-Buainain population in

was 2,000 in 1908. In the same publication, Lorimer reported that the tribe owned around 95 houses in Bahrain, mainly in the towns of Askar and

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References

External links

AI Buainain website

Al Buainain Law Firm site in Bahrain
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