Ruler of Sharjah: The Nabataeans are the origin of the people of the Emirates
His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, confirmed that the Nabataeans came to the United Arab Emirates about 4,000 years ago from the Transjordan region, when this region was completely empty of residents, and they are the origin of its inhabitants, according to the study of His Highness. And his research on the subject of tribes.
And His Highness indicated in his telephone interview with the program “The Fourth and the People”, which is broadcast directly on the fourth radio station from the Emirate of Ajman, that “the region of Transjordan”, from which the Nabateans came, is the first region that began to develop in human history even thousands of years before the development of China, Pointing out that the tribes that came from there and settled in the United Arab Emirates are the origin of development when the region was devoid of population.
His Highness the Ruler of Sharjah added that the result of this social development in the Transjordan region made the human being on that land, instead of being a picker and collector of fruits from under the trees, to grow them, and instead of being a hunter for animals and poultry, he worked on raising sheep and livestock.
His Highness added that as a result of the development taking place in the Transjordan region, the place became crowded and the region began to expand, and the Nabataean state was formed about 6000 years ago.
His Highness the Ruler of Sharjah indicated that 4000 years before this date, these numbers crossed from the Nabataean state along the coast of the Hejaz Mountains until they reached the UAE and Oman, stressing that the origin of the residents of the UAE and these people are from this state called the Nabataean state, and pointed out that These Nabateans, when they came to the Emirates, brought many things that were present in that region, and they took them to this place that was devoid of people.
His Highness affirmed that the Shihuh, Habus or Dhuhuri clans are the origin of the people of the United Arab Emirates who came to it 4,000 years ago, when the area was empty of inhabitants. In the region, there are four-chambered tombs according to the system found in Transjordan itself, as well as the irrigation system in the Emirates and Transjordan is the same, and this is called Al-Daoudi in relation to David bin Suleiman.
His Highness the Ruler of Sharjah referred to some erroneous accounts that talk about Malik bin Fahm as the origin of the inhabitants of this region, while historical facts indicate that he arrived in this region 2360 years ago, while the Nabataeans were present in the region about 1,700 years before him, explaining that Malik bin Fahm is a Yemeni Azdi, and there is a difference in appearance, character and tongue.
His Highness said that the Nabataeans preserved their ancient language, which is the ancient Arabic language, which is the same that they speak, and they were able to preserve it because of their isolation. He added that when Malik bin Fahm came to the region, the Nabataean tribes were the ruler, and then some of them returned to Transjordan. Others took refuge in the mountains.
He added that those who came from Yemen are also Arabs, pointing out that in history it is said that the Arabs of Oman “deduced”, that is, they became Nabataeans, and from them comes Nabati poetry that does not originally exist in Arab countries or other Arab tongues, while it is another tongue called Nabati, There is no such poetry in the Arabian Peninsula.
He pointed out that other tribes came to the region some time before and after the arrival of Islam.
And he talked about the origins of the naming of clans belonging to the Nabataeans, indicating that the Habus were named so because they were locked up in the mountains, while the Zahrawis called them this name because they showed the zakat when it was collected, and the Shihuh called them this name because they were scarce with zakat after an incident related to the beating of a woman among them who refused to give zakat, stressing His Highness that what was said about the Shihuh that they are the apostasy of Oman is baseless.
His Highness described the Nabataean road when they came to the United Arab Emirates, which they followed, pointing out that they did not cross the desert because there was no water, so they came through the mountains of Tabuk and reached the Hijaz, and from the Hijaz they came here, and from the evidence that confirms the authenticity of the origins belonging to the Nabateans that occur His Highness the Ruler of Sharjah said that when samples were taken from the people of the Arabian Peninsula and analyzed by DNA, it was found that they belong to the Nabateans, especially as they settled in other places as a result of their backwardness on the road during their coming to the state.
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