Umm Al Quwain Sheikh Family
Umm al quwain is ruled by h.
Umm al quwain sheikh family. His highness sheikh saud bin rashid al mualla member of supreme council and ruler of umm al quwain has announced the death of sheikh mohammed bin humaid bin abdul rahman al shamsi who passed. Located at the entrance to the old town umm al quwain fort also known as al ali fort was built in 1768 by sheikh rashid bin majid al mualla and remained the seat of government in the emirate until 1969. The royal families of the united arab emirates consist of the ruling families of the seven emirates. 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.
The ruling family descends from the al mualla lineage of the al ali tribe which moved from seniah island due to scarce water and established an independent sheikhdom in umm al quwain. Umm al quwain fort home to umm al quwain national museum. The emir of umm al quwain. He became the ruler and a member of the supreme council after the demise of his father h.
Sheikh saud bin rashid al mualla. Sharjah and ras al khaimah. The al qasimi also spelled al qassimi families rule two of the seven emirates. He worked closely with his father and succeeded him as the new emir in 2009.
The current emir received his degree from cairo university in economics. Like ajman dubai ras al khaimah and sharjah its. Discover umm al quwain s past at the al ali fort and museum. Previously hh sheikh saud served as the foreign minister for the uae in 1973 and also as the commander of the umm al quwain emiri guard in 1977.
The al nahyan branch of the house of al falahi are the ruling family of abu dhabi.