incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. "Al-Qawāsim | Arabian dynasty". Britannica.com. Retrieved 2018-12-05. al-Qāsimī, Sulṭān...

نُعَيْر, romanized: Ṣīr Bū Nuʿayr), or Sir al Qawasim (Arabic: صِيْر ٱلْقَوَاسِم, romanized: Ṣīr Al-Qawāsim; also romanized as Sir Abu Neir, Sir Bu Nair...

Al Quwain and Ajman) tribal confederations prior to 1820 Flag of the Al Qawasim (Sharjah and Ras Al Khaimah) prior to 1820 Flag of the Emirate of Kalba...

and Manasir of the interior; the Sharqiyin of the east coast; and the Qawasim to the north. With the expansion of European colonial empires, Portuguese...

Khaimah and Sharjah (which had historical links with Lingeh through the Al Qawasim tribe) to Dubai. An indicator of the growing importance of the port of...

Madha's decision to declare allegiance to Oman instead of Al Qawasim of Sharjah, Al Qawasim of Ras Al Khaimah, or Al Sharqi of Fujairah which today all...

the Qawasim, in contrast, were gaining power during this time. By the time the British took interest in the affairs of Ras Al Khaimah, the Qawasim not...

Khaimah and Sharjah (which had historical links with Lingeh through the Al Qawasim tribe) to Dubai. An indicator of the growing importance of Dubai can be...

by the British, who argued that raiders based there—particularly the 'Qawasim' or 'Joasmees', now known as the Al Qasimi (the ruling families of Sharjah...

where control of the seaways of the Persian Gulf was asserted by the Qawasim (Al Qasimi) and other local maritime powers. Memories of the privations...