QAWASIM A famous tribe of Iraqi origin which is also found at Lingah on the Persian side of the Gulf. They provide the ruling families of Sharjah and Ras al Khaimah (which were formerly united. Some 200 live in Sharjah, and more in Ras al Khaimah. BANI QITAB Nephew of Shaikh Ali bin Abdullah. Mohammed lives in the Dhaid area and Said in the Jabal Faiyah area. The tribe is nomadic, ranging throughout the Sharjah sands, and through parts of Dubai and Abu Dhabi. They stretch from Dhaid in the north to Tawi Muhaijir in the south and claim Anka on the Buraimi Abu Dhabi road as their southern limit. Their main sections are: HAWAFIR SHIBANAT JIZAAT MASA'ID KHASAWANAH (originally Manasir) FALAIRIAH MA'ALYAH - (ORIGINALLY MATARISH) SUWAILMAN MID HAQARAH Alarge number of the tribe living south of Fau gave their allegiance to Shaikh Zaid of Abu Dhabi during the war he waged with Dubai and Mohammed bin Ali. BANI SHI MAILI A small tribe of some 100 houses living at Shimal village and in the Wadi Haqil area to the east in Ras al Khaimah. They and their Shaikh Muhammed bin Hout, are loyal to Ras al Khaimah. SHARQIYIN HINAWIYAH KANABILAH They live in Fujairah territory and their haram is coterminous with the area of that Shaikhdom. Their main sections are:
