Sheikh Saif bin Hamad Al Sharqi was the Sheikh of Fujairah from 1936–1938 and head of the Sharqiyin tribe.[1]
Nominally a dependency of Sharjah, then Abu Dhabi,[2] Fujairah was effectively independent following a number of conflicts, not least of which were with its neighbours, the Sharjah dependencies of Kalba and Khor Fakkan.[3]
Sheikh Said bin Hamad took over from his long-lived and strong father Hamad Al Sharqi, who had fought all his life for independence for Fujairah from Sharjah and for British recognition of Fujairah as a Trucial State in its own right. That dream would come true for his younger brother, Mohammed bin Hamad, who acceded in 1938 or 1939 on Saif's death.[4]
Notes
^Sources disagree on the dates of Saif's rule. Heard-Bey puts it as 'early 1930s until 1939', while Zahlan has him dying in 1938.
References
^Said., Zahlan, Rosemarie (2016). The Origins of the United Arab Emirates : a Political and Social History of the Trucial States. Taylor and Francis. p. 188. ISBN9781317244653. OCLC945874284.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^Lorimer, John (1915). Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. British Government, Bombay. p. 784.
^Said., Zahlan, Rosemarie (2016). The Origins of the United Arab Emirates : a Political and Social History of the Trucial States. Taylor and Francis. pp. 68–71. ISBN9781317244653. OCLC945874284.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^Heard-Bey, Frauke (2005). From Trucial States to United Arab Emirates : a society in transition. London: Motivate. p. 441. ISBN1860631673. OCLC64689681.
