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The Nahyan (branch of the House of Al Falahi) are the ruling family of Abu Dhabi. The Maktoum (branch of the House of Al Falasi) are the ruling family of Dubai. The Al Qasimi (also spelled Al Qassimi) families rule two of the seven emirates: Sharjah and Ras Al Khaimah. The Al Nuaimi are the ruling family of Ajman.
The family is a branch of the House of Al Falahi (Āl Bū Falāḥ), a branch of the Bani Yas tribe, and are related to the House of Al Falasi from which the ruling family of Dubai, the Al Maktoum, descends. The Bani Yas came to Abu Dhabi in the 18th century from Liwa Oasis. [1] They have ruled Abu Dhabi since 1793, and previously ruled Liwa.
The following charts below are the family trees of the rulers of the seven emirates of the United Arab Emirates from the 18th century to present day. The House of Nahyan rules Abu Dhabi, [1] the House of Maktoum rules Dubai, [2] the House of Qasimi rules Sharjah and Ras Al Khaimah, the House of Sharqi rules Fujairah, the House of Mualla rules Umm Al Quwain, and the House of Nuaimi rules Ajman.
The family is a branch of the Bani Yas clan (a lineage the family shares with the Al Nahyan dynasty of Abu Dhabi), which is a branch of the Al Bu Falasah section of the Bani Yas, a tribal federation that was the dominant power through the region that now forms the United Arab Emirates.
Al Qubaisi (Al Qubaisiat) (Arabic: القبيسي (القبيسات)) is a sub-tribe of Bani Yas, of Abu Dhabi, closely associated with the Bani Yas of Abu Dhabi. The Al Qubaisi family share close relations with the leading royal family of the United Arab Emirates through Salama bint Butti Al-Qubaisi mother of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan the founder of the UAE.
Abu Dhabi: Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan: Al Nahyan [6] Dubai: Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum: Al Maktoum [7] Ajman: Sheikh Humaid bin Rashid Al Nuaimi III: Al Nuaimi [8] Sharjah: Sheikh Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi: Al Qasimi [9] Ras Al Khaimah: Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi [10] Umm Al Quwain: Sheikh Saud bin Rashid Al Mualla ...
Ruled Name Notes 9 July 1833 – 1836 Obeid bin Said bin Rashid: d. 1836 9 July 1833 – 1852 Maktoum bin Butti bin Suhail: d. 1852 1852–1859 Saeed bin Butti
At the time of Sheikh Zayed's birth, the sheikhdom of Abu Dhabi was one of seven Trucial States along the lower coast of the Persian Gulf. [13] He also showed interest in falconry. [14] Zayed was born at Qasr al-Hosn, Abu Dhabi, in 1918 [15] and moved from Abu Dhabi to Al Ain in 1926, after the death of his father.