'Pocket No. 4: Enclosure to Part III of Volume I of the Persian Gulf Gazetteer: Genealogical Table of the Al Bū Falāsah (Bani Yās) Family of Dibai in Trucial ’Omān'
'Pocket No. 4: Enclosure to Part III of Volume I of the Persian Gulf Gazetteer: Genealogical Table of the Al Bū Falāsah (Bani Yās) Family of Dibai in Trucial ’Omān'
'Pocket No. 4: Enclosure to Part III of Volume I of the Persian Gulf Gazetteer: Genealogical Table of the Al Bū Falāsah (Bani Yās) Family of Dibai in Trucial ’Omān'
Date:
1915/1915
Description:
This item is a genealogical 'Table of the Ruling Āl Bū Falāsah (Bani Yās) Family of Dibai in Trucial ’Omān'. It contains 26 named individuals (in Arabic and English) of the Āl Bū Falāsah (Banī Yās) family of Dubai, some with birth and death dates, as well as brief biographical information.There is also a 'Chronological list of Shaikhs of Dibai belonging to this family' with the periods of their reign, including: Maktūm-bin-Buti [Maktūm bin Buṭtī], Sa’īd-bin-Buti [Sa‘īd bin Buṭṭī], Hashar-bin-Maktūm [Ḥashr bin Maktūm], Rāshid-bin-Maktūm [Rāshid bin Maktūm], Maktūm-bin-Hashar [Maktūm bin Ḥashr], and Buti-bin-Suhail [Buṭṭī bin Suhayl].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 distant collateral relatives and all females; 'issue' means 'male issue'; the ordering of children from the same father according to seniority from left to right; dates of birth are approximate only; and when the fact or date of death is not mentioned the person was probably alive in 1906.1 folio