The Al Sharqi () family is the ruling royal family of

Fujairah Fujairah City () is the capital of the emirate of Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates. It is the List of cities in the United Arab Emirates, seventh-largest city in UAE, located on the Gulf of Oman (part of the Indian Ocean). It is the only Em ...

, one of the seven emirates that together comprise the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Founding Fujairah

The name derives from the singular of Sharqiyin, long the dominant tribe along the East coast of the

Trucial States The Trucial States, also known as the Trucial Coast, the Trucial Sheikhdoms, or Trucial Oman, was a group of tribal confederations to the south of the Persian Gulf (southeastern Arabia) whose leaders had signed protective treaties, or truce ...

(and the second most numerous in the area around the start of the 19th century), an area known as Shamailiyah. The Sharqiyin were traditionally dependents of

Sharjah Sharjah (; ', Gulf Arabic: ''aš-Šārja'') is the List of cities in the United Arab Emirates, third-most populous city in the United Arab Emirates, after Dubai and Abu Dhabi. It is the capital of the Emirate of Sharjah and forms part of the D ...

and, over the centuries, made several attempts to secede and declare independence, finally practically managing this from 1901 onwards and finally gaining

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recognition as a Trucial State in 1952.

List of Al Sharqi rulers

* 1879–1936:

Hamad bin Abdullah Al Sharqi Sheikh Hamad bin Abdullah Al Sharqi was the first recognised leader of the Al Sharqi Ruling family of Fujairah, one of the Trucial States and today one of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). He led Fujairah in a number of insurrections against Al Qa ...

* 1936–1938: Saif bin Hamad Al Sharqi * 1938–1975: Mohammed bin Hamad Al Sharqi * 1975–present:

Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi Sheikh Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi (; born 22 February 1949) is an Emirati royal and politician who is the ruler of the Emirate of Fujairah, and was the first minister of agriculture and fisheries in the United Arab Emirates between 1971 an ...

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{{Rulers of Fujairah Middle Eastern royal families Tribes of the United Arab Emirates Arab dynasties