Al Bu Muhair is a Respected and well known tribe

Tribe

A tribe, viewed historically or developmentally, consists of a social group existing before the development of, or outside of, states.Many anthropologists use the term tribal society to refer to societies organized largely on the basis of kinship, especially corporate descent groups .Some theorists...

 mainly residing in the United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates

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. Primarily, this tribe is concentrated in the Emirates of Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi (emirate)

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, Dubai

Dubai

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Al Bu Muhair form, with other 14 tribes, a part of a tribal coalition referred to as Bani Yas

Bani Yas

Bani Yas is a tribe in the United Arab Emirates that had a coalition with many other tribes in the region. The tribal coalition which consists of tribes from Dubai to Khawr al Udayd southeast of Qatar, was called the Bani Yas Coalition. The tribe has been led by their rulers the Al Nahyan and their...

. This tribe used to be the second strongest tribal coalition in the area currently referred to as the United Arab Emirates (later the Qawasim tribal coalition) and, because of the oil wealth and friendly relations with the western powers, has become the political and economic power in the area since the second half of the twentieth century.

The origin of this tribe is from abdah bin bahraa bin amro bin qudaa Most of Al Bu Muhair are Hadar

Hadar

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 people, that is living in cities and mainly employed in pearl

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 diving and other sea-related professions. Some of the tribe's branches, however, used to live as Bedouin

Bedouin

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Al Bu Muhair members are usually referred to as Muhairi or Al Muhairi or Al Mheiri. However, Al Bu Muhair contains a number of branches Some examples include:

• Al Surour
• Al Mashghooni
• Al Saboosi
• Al Maidoor
• Bin Shabib
• Al Ouaid
• Bin Buti
• Al Amimi
• Bin Byat
• Al Rahoomi
• Al Room
• Al Hadidi
• Bin Ghulaita
• Al Yateem
• Bin Keraishan
• Bin Dhahi
• Al khatal
• Bin Dhaher
• Bo Shagir
• Bin Kadfoor
• Bin Huwayrib
• Bin yam'aan
• Bin Gharb
• Bin Dha'en
• Bin Da'ar
• Bin Hindi