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One of the most important tribes in the emirate of Abu Dhabi (together with the Bani Yas, with whom they cooperated and coexisted closely), [2] the tribe was traditionally predominant in the desert areas between Buraimi and Qatar and the Persian Gulf coast to Liwa, but Manasir families had settled Abu Dhabi, Buraimi, Al Khan and Jumeirah by the turn of the 20th century. [3]
The Buraimi dispute, also known as the Buraimi war (Arabic: حرب البريمي), was a series of covert attempts by Saudi Arabia to influence the loyalties of tribes and communities in and around the oil-rich Buraimi oasis in the 1940s and 1950s, which culminated in an armed conflict between forces and tribes loyal to Saudi Arabia, on one side, and Oman and the Trucial States (today the ...
Al-Ain is the main settlement [8] [9] in the Eastern Region of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, located on the country's eastern border with Oman, where the adjacent town of Al-Buraimi is located. The region is located to the west of the Western Hajar Mountains [10] and the Gulf of Oman, [1] and in the vicinity of the Rub' al-Khali Desert. [3]
The Dhawahir (Arabic: ظَوَاهِر, romanized: Ẓawāhir; singular Al Dhahiri [1] (Arabic: ٱلظَّاهِرِي, romanized: Aẓ-Ẓāhirī)) [2] is a tribe of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). [3] The tribe's main centre was the Buraimi Oasis and the village, then town (now city) of Al Ain.
In 1949, Saudi Arabia under the rule of Ibn Saud and Saudi Aramco had made incursions to the Western Region of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, due to the prospect of getting oil. Ibn Saud was also interested in ruling the area of Al Ain and Al Buraimi, located in the Eastern Region of Abu Dhabi on its border with Oman. This led to the Buraimi Dispute ...
Rumailah (Arabic: ٱلرٌّمَيْلَة) is an archaeological site in Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, the U.A.E., [1] as well as the site of a thick-walled coral and adobe fort, thought to date to the early 20th century.
Al Ain is the largest inland city in the Emirates, the fourth-largest city (after Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Sharjah), and the second-largest [2] in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. The freeways connecting Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, and Dubai form a geographic triangle in the country, each city being roughly 130 kilometres (81 mi) from the others.
The museum started as a small collection of personal and Abu Dhabi Classic Car Club member cars in 2009. While in its early days it was sheltered under a khaima, a traditional Arabic tent, the collection occupies a total surface of 2,000 square metres (22,000 sq ft) and is divided into two levels. The museum houses over 40 classic cars and ...