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The culprits escaped to Umm Al Quwain, where Rashid bin Ahmad gave them refuge. Sheikh Sultan bin Salim Al Qasimi of Ras Al Khaimah sent men to patrol Umm Al Quwain's border in case the men should try and move, and Rashid bin Ahmad sent them instead by sea to vandalise Jazirat Al Hamra, where a number of huts were burned by them. Other rulers ...
Sheikh Rashid bin Ahmad Al Mualla (Arabic: الشيخ راشد بن احمد المعلا) (1932 – 2 January 2009) was the ruler or head of state of Umm Al Quwain from 1981 to 2009. His reign commenced when he succeeded his father, Sheikh Ahmad bin Rashid Al Mualla on 21 February 1981. He died on 2 January 2009, in London.
The successive Al Mualla Rulers of Umm Al Quwain were: [6] 1768 – 1820: Sheikh Rashid bin Majid Al Mualla; 1820 – 1853: Sheikh Abdullah bin Rashid Al Mualla; 1853 – 1873: Sheikh Ali bin Abdullah Al Mualla; 1873 – 1904: Sheikh Ahmad bin Abdullah Al Mualla (b. 1844 – d. 1904) 1904 – 1922: Sheikh Rashid bin Ahmad Al Mualla (b. 1876 ...
Sheikh Ahmad bin Rashid Al Mualla (1902 – 21 February 1981 [1]) [2] was an Emirati royal, politician, and a founder of the United Arab Emirates who served as the ruler of the emirate of Umm Al Quwain from 1929 to 1981. He is the father of Sheikh Rashid bin Ahmad Al Mualla II.
The Al Ali Fort was built in 1768 by the founder of the modern Al Mualla dynasty, Sheikh Rashid Bin Majid Al Mualla. [3] Sheikh Hamad Bin Ibrahim Al Mualla was murdered in the fort in 1929 – shot and killed on 9 February 1929, by a slave called Saeed from the household of Hamad's blind uncle, Abdelrahman bin Ahmed Al Mualla.
Sheikh Rashid bin Majid Al Mualla was the founder of the House of Al Mualla, currently the ruling family of Umm Al Quwain.. Umm Al Qawain fort today. The first known ruler of the Al Ali tribe of Umm Al Quwain, Sheikh Rashid was responsible for the construction of Umm Al Quwain Fort in the town in 1768, [1] today home to Umm Al Quwain museum.
Sheikh Rashid bin Majid Al Mualla: 1820–1853: Sheikh Abdullah bin Rashid Al Mualla: 1853–1873: Sheikh Ali bin Abdullah Al Mualla: 1873–1904: Sheikh Ahmad bin Abdullah Al Mualla: 1904–1922: Sheikh Rashid bin Ahmad Al Mualla: 1922–1923: Sheikh Abdullah bin Rashid Al Mualla II: 1923–1929: Sheikh Hamad bin Ibrahim Al Mualla: 1929–1981
He was succeeded by Ahmad bin Rashid Al Mualla following a colourful incident whereby the population of the town rose up against Abdelrahman and Saeed, who had barricaded themselves in the fort. Abandoning their initial plan of firing on the fort with a cannon, the people of the town instead elected to set a fire around the walls of the fort ...