Shihuh

Shihuh
Arab tribe
EthnicityArab
LocationUnited Arab Emirates, Oman
Population21,500
BranchesBani Hadiyah (Bani Muhammad, Bani Ali, Bani Ham Mazyud, Khanazirah)
Bani Shatair (Khanabil, Kumzarah, Mahabib, Maqadilah)
LanguageArabic, Shihhi Arabic, Kumzari[1]
ReligionIslam
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The Shihuh (Arabic: الشحوح, al-Shiḥuḥ) is an Arab tribe living in the United Arab Emirates (UAE)[2] and Oman. In the singular, the name is Al Shehhi, a common family name in the UAE and Oman today. Inhabiting the northern part of the Hajar Mountain range, specifically in the Ruus Al Jibal (Musandam Peninsula),[3] the tribe has long been influential in the affairs of both the east and west coast settlements of the northern UAE and Oman and has fiercely maintained both its identity and independence.

  1. ^ THOMAS, BERTRAM; Edmonds, BERTRAM THOMAS (1930). "The Kumzari Dialect of the Shihuh Tribe, Arabia, and a Vocabulary". The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland. 62 (4): 785–854. doi:10.1017/S0035869X00071860. JSTOR 44012874. S2CID 163018301.
  2. ^ Lorimer, John (1915). Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf Vol II. British Government, Bombay. p. 1805.
  3. ^ Thomas, B. (March 1927). Travels in Oman. Visit of B. Thomas to the Musandam Peninsula. 1928. Notes on Shihuh dialects & people, also Kumzaris' [10r]. British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers. p. 9.