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The protective wall and watchtowers guarding the old town of Umm Al Quwain. The Emirate of Umm Al Quwain was the site of a fort built in 1768 by the founder of the modern Al Mualla dynasty, Sheikh Rashid bin Majid of the Al Ali tribe. [31] [36] [37] The fort was the site of a coup in 1929. Sheikh Hamad Bin Ibrahim Al Mualla was assassinated by ...
Many theories have been established on the etymology of the name Umm Al Quwain. The most well known and accepted theory is that the name means "mother of the two powers", from the phrase "Umm Al Quwatain" (Arabic: ام القوتين, romanized: Umm Al Quwatain, lit. 'Mother of the two powers'). The two powers here are usually known as the two ...
Ras Al Khaimah 2500–1300 BCE Umm Al Nar/Wadi Suq burials Tell Abraq: Umm Al Quwain/Sharjah 2500–400 BCE Major settlement, spanning Umm Al Nar, Wadi Suq and Iron Age Thuqeibah: Sharjah 1100–400 BCE Iron Age II and III settlement Umm Al Nar: Abu Dhabi 2600–2000 BCE Burials and settlement defined the Umm Al Nar period
All emirates are founding members of the union, apart from Ras Al Khaima which joined two months after the rest. There is almost always full freedom of movement between the different emirates of the UAE (an example of an exception is that during the COVID-19 pandemic, for instance, there were limitations of movement between the various emirates).
National Bank of Ras Al-Khaimah PJSC (RAKBANK) بنك رأس الخيمة الوطني: Ras Al Khaimah: ADX: RAKBANK: National Bank of Umm Al-Qaiwain: بنك أم القيوين الوطني: Umm Al Quwain: ADX: NBQ: Ruya Community Islamic Bank: مصرف رويا المحلي الإسلامي: Ajman: Private Company Sharjah Islamic Bank
@Steve8394, "Umm Al" literally translates "Mother of the", but in Arabic this term is used to refer to a place with a certain feature, for example an area in Al Ain city called "Umm Al Ghaf" which means "The one with Ghaf trees", similarly "Umm Al Quwain" literally translates to "Mother of Two Powers" which means "The one with Two Powers ...
Umm (أمّ) means mother in Arabic. It is a common Arabic feminine alias, and used to be a common feminine given name, with the masculine counterpart being Ab or Abu . The name may refer to:
Furthermore, in Arabic the term can be generalized to mean any province of a country that is administered by a member of the ruling class, especially of a member (usually styled emir) of the royal family, as in Saudi Arabian governorates.