List of Arabian Houses
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This is a list of the major royal families or their allies in the Arabian Peninsula
Arabian Peninsula
The Arabian Peninsula is a land mass situated north-east of Africa. Also known as Arabia or the Arabian subcontinent, it is the world's largest peninsula and covers 3,237,500 km2...

 in the 20th century.
  • Al Rasheed, rulers of Arabian Peninsula. Defeated by Ibn Saud in 1921.
  • Al Sabhan
    Al Sabhan
    The House of Sabhan were a historic dynasty of the Arabian Peninsula, and supporters of the House of Rashid. Ha'il city was their main center. The Al Sabhan were a part of the Jafaar lineage of the Abda section of the Shammar tribe...

    , supporters to the house of Ibn Rasheed as they also had absolute power in decision making next to Ibn Rashid.
  • Al Saud
    House of Saud
    The House of Saud , also called the Al Saud, is the ruling royal family of Saudi Arabia and one of the wealthiest and most powerful dynasties in the world. The family holds thousands of members...

    , became dominant through an alliance with the Salafi
    Salafi
    A Salafi come from Sunni Islam is a follower of an Islamic movement, Salafiyyah, that is supposed to take the Salaf who lived during the patristic period of early Islam as model examples...

    s. Now rules Saudi Arabia
    Saudi Arabia
    The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , commonly known in British English as Saudi Arabia and in Arabic as as-Sa‘ūdiyyah , is the largest state in Western Asia by land area, constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and the second-largest in the Arab World...

    .
  • Hashemite
    Hashemite
    Hashemite is the Latinate version of the , transliteration: Hāšimī, and traditionally refers to those belonging to the Banu Hashim, or "clan of Hashim", a clan within the larger Quraish tribe...

    , evicted from Saudi Arabia in 1926 but moved to the north and controlled Iraq
    Iraq
    Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....

     until 1958 and still controls Jordan
    Jordan
    Jordan , officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan , Al-Mamlaka al-Urduniyya al-Hashemiyya) is a kingdom on the East Bank of the River Jordan. The country borders Saudi Arabia to the east and south-east, Iraq to the north-east, Syria to the north and the West Bank and Israel to the west, sharing...

    .
  • Al-Sabah, the rulers of Kuwait
    Kuwait
    The State of Kuwait is a sovereign Arab state situated in the north-east of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the south at Khafji, and Iraq to the north at Basra. It lies on the north-western shore of the Persian Gulf. The name Kuwait is derived from the...

    .
  • Al Thani, the rulers of Qatar
    Qatar
    Qatar , also known as the State of Qatar or locally Dawlat Qaṭar, is a sovereign Arab state, located in the Middle East, occupying the small Qatar Peninsula on the northeasterly coast of the much larger Arabian Peninsula. Its sole land border is with Saudi Arabia to the south, with the rest of its...

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  • Al Khalifah, the rulers of Bahrain
    Bahrain
    ' , officially the Kingdom of Bahrain , is a small island state near the western shores of the Persian Gulf. It is ruled by the Al Khalifa royal family. The population in 2010 stood at 1,214,705, including 235,108 non-nationals. Formerly an emirate, Bahrain was declared a kingdom in 2002.Bahrain is...

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  • Al-Falasi
    House of Al-Falasi
    The Al Maktoum family descends from the Al Bu Falasah section of the Bani Yas, a highly respected and authoritative tribal federation that has been the dominant power throughout most of what is now the United Arab Emirates....

     from Bani Yas
    Bani Yas
    Bani Yas is a tribe in the United Arab Emirates that had a coalition with many other tribes in the region. The tribal coalition which consists of tribes from Dubai to Khawr al Udayd southeast of Qatar, was called the Bani Yas Coalition. The tribe has been led by their rulers the Al Nahyan and their...

    , the rulers of the United Arab Emirates
    United Arab Emirates
    The United Arab Emirates, abbreviated as the UAE, or shortened to "the Emirates", is a state situated in the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia on the Persian Gulf, bordering Oman, and Saudi Arabia, and sharing sea borders with Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and Iran.The UAE is a...

     and the Emirs of Dubai
    Dubai
    Dubai is a city and emirate in the United Arab Emirates . The emirate is located south of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula and has the largest population with the second-largest land territory by area of all the emirates, after Abu Dhabi...

     descend from this tribe.
  • Al Qasimi formerly known as Al Qawasim tribe, the emirs of Sharjah and Ras al-Khaimah
    Ras al-Khaimah
    Ras al-Khaimah is one of the emirates of the United Arab Emirates , in the east of the Persian Gulf. It is in the northern part of the UAE bordering Oman's exclave. The capital city and home of most residents is also called Ras al-Khaimah. The city has a population of 263,217 as of 2008. The city...

     descend from this tribe.
  • Al Nuaimi, the emirs of Ajman
    Ajman
    Ajman , also spelt Ujman, is one of the seven emirates constituting the United Arab Emirates . With an area of just 260 square kilometres , Ajman is the smallest emirate by area...

     descend from this tribe.
  • Al Ali
    Al-Ali (tribe)
    Al-Ali is an Arab tribe a branch of Bani Malik originally from Central Arabia. Most of the tribe migrated by the end of 16th century from what is now Saudi Arabia to different neighboring countries.Members of Al-Ali tribe live in Saudi Arabia , the UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Iraq and Jordan...

    , the emirs of Umm al Quwain descend from this tribe.
  • Al Sharqi, the emirs of Fujairah
    Fujairah
    Fujairah is one of the seven emirates that make up the United Arab Emirates, and the only one on the Gulf of Oman in the country's east instead of Persian Gulf .-History:...

     descend from this tribe.
  • Al Bu Said, the rulers of Oman
    Oman
    Oman , officially called the Sultanate of Oman , is an Arab state in southwest Asia on the southeast coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It is bordered by the United Arab Emirates to the northwest, Saudi Arabia to the west, and Yemen to the southwest. The coast is formed by the Arabian Sea on the...

     descend from this tribe.
  • Al-Sheikh, descendants of Sheikh Muhammad ibn Abd Al-Wahhab
    Muhammad ibn Abd-al-Wahhab
    Muhammad Ibn Abd-al-Wahhab was an influential Sunni Muslim scholar.-Childhood and Early Life:...

    . Long a close ally of the Sauds, they have risen along with them.
  • Sudayris, linked to the House of Saud through marriage, it has remained a close ally of the House of Saud.
  • 'Uray'ir (also known as Humayd), the chiefs of the Bani Khalid
    Bani Khalid
    .'Bani Khalid'. is an Arab tribal confederation of eastern and central Arabia. The tribe dominated the eastern region of modern-day Saudi Arabia from 1670 to 1793, and again under the auspices of the Ottoman Empire for a brief period in the early 19th century...

     tribe that ruled al-Hasa
    Al-Hasa
    Al-Ahsa is the largest governorate in Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province, named after Al-Ahsa oasis. The name Al-Ahsa is also given to the biggest city in the region, Hofuf. In classic Arabic, Ahsa means the sound of water underground. It has one of the largest oases in the world with Date Palms of...

     until 1830.
  • Egyptian political clan, the Abaza Family
    Abaza family
    The Abaza clan, "deeply rooted in Egyptian society and... in the history of the country" is an Egyptian family that has played a powerful and long-standing role in Egyptian economic, intellectual and political life...

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  • House of al Saeed, one of the two current royal families in Oman.
  • Al-Kadi, a noble family originally from Unizah, Qassim in Saudi Arabia. They are descendants of the Banu Tamim
    Banu Tamim
    Banī Tamīm Tamim is one of the largest of all Arab tribes. Their history goes back to pre-Islamic times....

     tribe, Whabah side. Members of the family include judges in the Najd
    Najd
    Najd or Nejd , literally Highland, is the central region of the Arabian Peninsula.-Boundaries :The Arabic word nejd literally means "upland" and was once applied to a variety of regions within the Arabian Peninsula...

     region, a prince of Unizah, famous poets (such as Mohammed Alabdullah Al-Kadi), merchants (such as Mohammed Sulaiman Al-Kadi) and religious faqihs (such as Saleh Alothman Al-Kadi).
  • House of Ufaisan (also spelled Alofaisan), descendants of Qahtan who ruled Al-Kharj and Al-Ahsa
    Al-Ahsa
    Al-Ahsa may refer to:* Al-Ahsa or Al-Hasa - an oasis region in eastern Saudi Arabia* Al-Ahsa Governorate - the administrative unit that includes the Al-Ahsa oasis...

    . They still rule Al-Salmiya in Al-Kharj.
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