Dhawahir

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. They have long had a strong alliance with the Ruling family of Abu Dhabi, the Al Nahyan, and the Bani Yas confederation.

  1. ^ Al-Dhahiri, Shamsa Hamad (December 2014). "Sheikh Hazza' Bin Sultan Bin Zayed Al Nahyan (1905-1958) Representative of the Ruler of Abu Dhabi in the Western Region". In El Reyes, Dr. Abdulla (ed.). Liwa Journal of the National Archives (PDF). United Arab Emirates: Emirati National Archives. pp. 25–46. Archived from the original (pdf) on 31 December 2018. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
  2. ^ Az-Zahiri, Harib (2008-03-07). "العين مدينة القلب" (in Arabic). Al-Ittihad. Retrieved 2019-08-15.
  3. ^ Lorimer, John (1915). Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf Vol II. British Government, Bombay. p. 439.