Rashid bin Majid Al Mualla

Umm Al Qawain fort today

Sheikh Rashid bin Majid Al Mualla was the founder of the Ruling family of Umm Al Qawain.

The first known Ruler of the Al Ali tribe of Umm Al Qawain, Sheikh Rashid was responsible for the construction of Umm Al Qawain Fort in the town in 1768,[1] today home to Umm Al Qawain musuem.[2]

The fort and its watchtower were built after the Al Ali tribe moved from the island of Sinniyah to the mainland after water supplies on the island were exhausted.[3]

The precise date of Rashid bin Majid's reign is unknown, but by 1820 he had been succeeded by his son, Abdullah bin Rashid Al Mualla,[4] the first Sheikh of Umm Al Qawain to enter into treaty relations with the British.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Umm Al Qawain Museums".
  2. ↑ Reporter, Nasouh Nazzal, Staff (2008-11-02). "UAE museum: Umm Al Quwain Museum". GulfNews. Retrieved 2018-10-14.
  3. ↑ "In UAQ Old Town, past and present collide". The National. Retrieved 2018-10-14.
  4. ↑ Lorimer, John (1915). Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. British Government, Bombay. p. 775.
  5. ↑ Lorimer, John (1915). Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. British Government, Bombay. p. 775.
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