Tawam (region)

Not to be confused with Tuam, a town in the Republic of Ireland.
This article is about a historical region in Eastern Arabia. For other uses, see Tawam (disambiguation).

Tawam[1]
Arabic: تَوَام, romanized: Tawām
Arabic: وَاحَة ٱلْبُرَيْمِي, romanized: Wāḥat Al-Buraymī
Tuwwam[2][3]
Tu'am[1][4]
Al-Buraimi Oasis[4]
Mezyad Fort in Al Ain (UAE), with Jebel Hafeet, which is partially in the Omani Governorate of Al-Buraimi, in the background
Mezyad Fort in Al Ain (UAE), with Jebel Hafeet, which is partially in the Omani Governorate of Al-Buraimi, in the background
BoroughsAl-Ain ( United Arab Emirates)
Al-Buraimi ( Oman)

Tawam (Arabic: تَوَام, romanized: Tawām),[5] also Tuwwam,[2][3] or Tu'am, is a historical oasis region in Eastern Arabia that stretched from, or was located between, the Western Hajar Mountains to the Persian Gulf coast, nowadays forming parts of the United Arab Emirates and western Oman. Although associated with the Buraimi Oasis (Arabic: وَاحَة ٱلْبُرَيْمِي, romanized: Wāḥat Al-Buraymī),[4][6] by historians working from documentary sources available in the 1950s and 60s, Tu'am is now thought to refer to the Christian patriachate of St Thomas the Apostle of the East and the location of the principal city and pearling centre on Siniyah island in modern Umm Al Quwain on the Western seaboard of the UAE.[7]

It is marked by the twin settlements of Al Ain and Al-Buraimi on the UAE-Omani border, with the former in the UAE and the latter in Oman,[1] and with Siniyah on the Western seaboard of the UAE.

  1. ^ a b c Janet L. Abu-Lughod (2007). "Buraimi and Al-Ain". In Dumper, Michael R. T.; Stanley, Bruce E. (eds.). Cities of the Middle East and North Africa: A Historical Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. pp. 99–100. ISBN 978-1-5760-7919-5.
  2. ^ a b Al-Hosani, Hamad Ali (2012). The Political Thought of Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan (PhD Thesis) (Thesis). Durham University. pp. 43–44. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 February 2017. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
  3. ^ a b Morton, Michael Quentin (15 April 2016). Keepers of the Golden Shore: A History of the United Arab Emirates (1st ed.). London: Reaktion Books. ISBN 978-1-7802-3580-6. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
  4. ^ a b c Allen, Calvin H. Jr. (5 February 2016). "1: Land and People". Oman: the Modernization of the Sultanate. Abingdon, New York City: Routledge. pp. 1–8. ISBN 978-1-3172-9164-0.
  5. ^ Leech, Nick (22 October 2015). "The long read: has a lost Arab capital been found on the Oman-UAE border?". The National. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  6. ^ El Reyes, Abdulla, ed. (December 2014). Liwa Journal of the National Archives (PDF). United Arab Emirates: Emirati National Archives. pp. 35–37.
  7. ^ Power, Tim (21 June 2024). "How the excavation of Tu'am will help fill in the holes of our historical knowledge". The National. Retrieved 22 June 2024.