Al Fahlain is the name of a suburb of the city of

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 ...

in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), traditionally mostly settled by members of the

Naqbiyin The Naqbiyin ( ar, النقبي, singular Al Naqbi) is a tribe of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). They are mostly settled within the emirates of Sharjah and Ras Al Khaimah and have long been influential in the tribal politics of both emirates. B ...

tribe.

History

Together with the village of

Khatt Khatt is a mountainous village south-east of the city of Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates. Famous for its hot springs, and latterly home to a spa hotel, there is evidence that Khatt has been a site of constant human settlement since the ston ...

, adjacent to the south, the village of Fahlain formed part of the Sheikhdom of the 19th century

Al Qasimi Al Qasimi ( ar, القواسم, spelled sometimes as Al Qassimi or Al Qassemi; plural: Al Qawasem ar, القواسم and, archaically, Joasmee) is an Arab dynasty in the Persian Gulf that rules Sharjah and Ras Al Khaimah, today forming two of ...

ruler of Ras Al Khaimah, Hassan bin Rahmah who signed the

General Maritime Treaty of 1820 The General Maritime Treaty of 1820 was a treaty initially signed between the rulers of Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm Al Quwain, Ras Al Khaimah and Great Britain in January 1820, with the nearby island state of Bahrain acceding to the treaty ...

with the

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. In the 1819 expedition from

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, British forces sacked Ras Al Khaimah and Hassan Bin Rahmah signed a preliminary agreement to cede Ras Al Khaimah town, which became the British garrison. He signed the 1820 treaty as "Sheikh of Hatt and Falna, formerly of Ras Al Khaimah". Hatt is modern Khatt, while Falna is Fahlain. The mosque at Fahlain has been compared to that of

Al Badiyah Al-Badiyah ( ar, ٱلْبَدِيَة) or Al-Bidyah () is a settlement in the Emirate of Fujairah, the United Arab Emirates. It is the site of a historical mosque of the same name, which is the oldest functional mosque in the country, dating b ...

and is said to be the oldest in Ras Al Khaimah. Contemporary accounts date it to before the 18th Century. In 1903, '' Lorimer'' noted the village consisted of 60 Naqbiyin houses and 2,000 date palms.

References

Populated places in the Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah {{UnitedArabEmirates-geo-stub