Maraziq

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The Maraziq (singular Al Marzooqi or Al Marzouqi) is a tribe of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). [1]

Traditionally associated, together with the Tunaij, with the settlement of Rams, north of Ras Al Khaimah, the Maraziq population of the town settled the western area [2] (the Bani Humud neighbourhood, or freej) between Rams and Hulaylah. The late Islamic township of Rams mostly consisted of khaimahs - traditional small, stone-walled houses capped with gabled barasti, or palm-frond, roofs. [2] The Maraziq population of the area had left the area by the early 1950s [2] and are today dispersed around the UAE. The Bani Humud area of Rams was also known as the Marzouqi neighbourhood, even after the Maraziq families had left. [3]

The Maraziq are believed to originally have migrated from Arabia, and to have taken the name of the district they settled in Rams, originally populated by Iranians. [4]

References

  1. ↑ Heard-Bey, Frauke (2005). From Trucial States to United Arab Emirates : a society in transition. London: Motivate. p. 71. ISBN   1860631673. OCLC   64689681.
  2. 1 2 3 William Lancaster; Fidelity Lancaster (2011). Honour is in Contentment: Life Before Oil in Ras Al-Khaimah (UAE). Walter de Gruyter. p. 84. ISBN   978-3110223392.
  3. ↑ William Lancaster; Fidelity Lancaster (2011). Honour is in Contentment: Life Before Oil in Ras Al-Khaimah (UAE). Walter de Gruyter. p. 480. ISBN   978-3110223392.
  4. ↑ William Lancaster; Fidelity Lancaster (2011). Honour is in Contentment: Life Before Oil in Ras Al-Khaimah (UAE). Walter de Gruyter. p. 479. ISBN   978-3110223392.
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