Al Sharqi

The Al Sharqi (Arabic: الشرقي) family is the ruling royal family of Fujairah, one of the seven emirates that together comprise the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Al Sharqi
Royal house
Parent house	Hafaitat
Country	United Arab Emirates
Founded	1879; 146 years ago (1879)
Founder	Hamad bin Abdullah Al Sharqi
Current head	Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi
Titles	Emir Sheikh
Style(s)	His/Her Highness

Founding Fujairah

The name derives from the singular of Sharqiyin, long the dominant (traditionally Ghafiri) tribe^[1] along the North East coast of the Trucial States (and the second most numerous in the area around the start of the 19th century), an area known as Shamaliyah.^[2] The Sharqiyin were originally dependents of Sharjah and, over the centuries, made several attempts to secede and declare independence, finally practically managing this from 1901 onwards^[3] and finally gaining British recognition as a Trucial State in 1952.^[4]

List of Al Sharqi rulers

• 1879–1936: Hamad bin Abdullah Al Sharqi^[5]
• 1936–1938: Saif bin Hamad Al Sharqi
• 1938–1975: Mohammed bin Hamad Al Sharqi^[6]
• 1975–present: Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi