'Pocket No. 5: Enclosure to Part III of Volume I of the Persian Gulf Gazetteer: Genealogical Table of the Āl ’Ali Family of Umm-Al-Qaiwain in Trucial ’Omān'
'Pocket No. 5: Enclosure to Part III of Volume I of the Persian Gulf Gazetteer: Genealogical Table of the Āl ’Ali Family of Umm-Al-Qaiwain in Trucial ’Omān'
'Pocket No. 5: Enclosure to Part III of Volume I of the Persian Gulf Gazetteer: Genealogical Table of the Āl ’Ali Family of Umm-Al-Qaiwain in Trucial ’Omān'
Date:
1915/1915
Description:
This item is a genealogical 'Table of the Ruling Āl ’Ali Family of Umm-Al-Qaiwain in Trucial ’Omān'. It contains 105 named individuals (in Arabic and English) of the Āl ‘Alī [Āl Mu‘allā] family of Umm al-Qaywayn, some with birth and death dates, as well as brief biographical information.There is also a 'Chronological list of Shaikhs of Umm-Al-Qaiwain belonging to this family' with the periods of their reign, including: Mājid, Rāshid-bin-Mājid [Rāshid bin Mājid], ’Abdullah-bin-Rāshid [‘Abdullāh bin Rāshid], ’Alī-bin-’Abdullah [‘Alī bin ‘Abdullāh], Ahmad-bin-’Abdullah [Aḥmad bin ‘Abdullāh], and Rāshid-bin-Ahmad [Rāshid bin Aḥmad].In addition, a section of 'Notes' is included that gives 1907 as the year of compilation, as well as other details concerning the arrangement of the table, including: the omission of all females; 'issue' means 'male issue'; the ordering of sons from the same father according to seniority from left to right; and when the fact or date of death is not mentioned the person was probably alive in 1906.1 folio