Al Bin Ali

The Al Bin Ali (ArB|آل بن علي) is a Sea Bedouin Arab tribe based in the Persian Gulf states, especially Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, and the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia, with a few residing in Abu Dhabi.

The Al Bin Ali are the desendants of their great grandfather Ali Al-Utbi from the Bani Utbah Tribe. Utbah is the great grandfather of the Bani Utbah which is a section of Khafaf from Bani Sulaim bin Mansoor from Mudhar from Adnan.

The Al Bin Ali were a politically important group that moved backwards and forwards between Qatar and Bahrain, they were the original dominant group of Zubara area [ Arabia's Frontiers: The Story of Britain's Boundary Drawing in the Desert, John C. Wilkinson, p44 ] .

The Al Bin Ali Tribe are the Original Utub being that they are the only tribe to carry the last name Al Utbi in their Ownership's documents of Palm gardens in Bahrain as early as the year 1699 - 1111 Hijri [ Ownership's Document of a Palm Garden in Island of Sitra, Bahrain belonging to Shaikh Salama Bin Saif Al Utbi dated 1699 - 1111 Hijri, http://www.members.lycos.co.uk/alsahirr/up/pic/aalbin7.gif] .The plural word for Al Utbi is Utub and the name of the tribe is Bani Utbah.

There is a neighourhood in Muharraq city named Al Bin Ali and it is the oldest and biggest neighborhood in Muharraq, members of this tribe lived in this area for more than two centuries.

The Al Bin Ali carry the Al-Sulaimi flag [ Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, Oman, and Central Arabia, Geographical, Volume 1, 1905 ] as they call it in Bahrain, Qatar , Kuwait , and Eastern province in the kingdom of saudi Arabia. The correct name literally is Al-Sulami and it is red and white and is distinguished with four red stripes with three white stripes.It was raised on their ships during wartime and in the pearl season and on special occasions such as weddings and during Eid and in the “ Ardha of war ” [ Picture of the Al Sulaimi Flag in the "Ardha of War" which was celebrated in Eid Al Fitr in Muharraq 1956 which was attended by Shaikh Salman Bin Hamad Al-Khalifa, ex Ruler of Bahrain, http://www.attawash.com/albinali.jpg] .

The Al Bin Ali defeated the army of Nasr Al Madhkoor in Zubarah in 1782.It is well know that the strategist of this battle was Shaikh Nasr Al Madhkoor, his sword fell into the hands of Salama Bin Saif Al Bin Ali after his army collapsed and his forces were defeated [ Shaikh Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa ,First Light: Modern Bahrain and it’s Heritage, 1994 p41 ] . They kept inheriting it son to grand son until it was given as a gift to King AbdulAziz Al Saud. Today the sword is kept at the King AbdulAziz Museum at Riyadh, Capital of Saudi Arabia.

Isa Bin Tarif , Chief of the Al Bin Ali Al Utbi Tribe , is a desendant of the Original Utoobee conquereres of Bahrain [ the Precis Of Turkish Expansion On The Arab Littoral Of The Persian Gulf And Hasa And Katif Affairs. By J. A. Saldana; 1904 , I.o. R R/15/1/724 ] . Isa Bin Tarif was the Chief of the Al Bin Ali Tribe from the beginning of the 19th Century until his death in 1847. This assertion by Saldanha along with the Ownership documents by the Al Bin Ali Tribe which carry the last name Al Utbi proves without a shadow of a doubt that the Al Bin Ali are the Original Utub who carried the last name Al Utbi in their ownership's document.

The following Afkhadh lived in Furaiha:

Al-Salamah, Al-Mijbil, Al-Amur, Al-Khanfar, Al-Jeda'e, and Al-Hamad.

The following Afkhadh lived in Zubarah:

Al-Tareef, Al-Lahdan, Al-Ghannam, Al-Taraymah, Al-Derbas, and Al-Butami.

It was a custom of the Original Utub tribe Al Bin Ali that there were two chiefs as shaikhs of the tribe: one in Furaiha and the other in Zubarah.

All members of the tribe have one pride and it is “ Alad Salim” which is awlad (sons of) Salim and this pride is used in the worst and at the hardest times to replenish the strength and desires of the tribe members.

Irshaid Bin Amar Al-Jeda’e Al-Bin Ali said:

We rode with money with men and our shipscoming to us closer with so many things.They find it my friends from Alad Salimtheir fatalities are between the powerful heads.

Until he says:

And he warns you about Alad Salim if they get together. They are dangerous and sharp preys.

(ArB|قال الشاعر ارشيد بن عمار آل جديع آل بن علي)

(ArB|ركبنا بمال من رجال وسفننا تهادى بنا شبه لمهار العدايديجدونها ربعي من آلاد سالم مصاريعها ما بين رؤوس الوسايد)

(ArB|الى ان يقول) (ArB|وبحذرك عن آلاد سالم اذا إحتموا ترهم شواهين حداد الصوايد)

The Poet Abu Shahab mentiones the battle of Gizgiz 1244 Hijri-1828:

With appraisal who call them selves awlad Salim Enemies of the enemy in the first folk And these are their habits in every battlehow many times did they make them cry to the fullest

(ArB|ومما قال الشاعر ابو شهاب يذكر وقعة قزقز سنة 1244 هجرى الموافق 1828مونعم بمن يدعون بأولاد سالم عدوا عدوة في اول القوم هايلةوهذى لهم عادات في كل هيه كم واحد خلوه تبكي حلايله)

Awlad Salim is a pride (ArB|عزوة) and it's based on the bigger section of Al Bin Ali and they are Al Salim but all members of the Tribe say this pride since they are all from Bani Salim and Bani Shudhaib who are cousins are brothers from blood.so they all agree to say this pride.

ee also

* Bani Utbah
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* History of Bahrain
* History of Qatar

References

External links

* [http://www.albinali.net/ Al Bin Ali website]