Al Maktoum (المكتوم in Arabic is the family name of the ruling dynasty of the emirate of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The Al Maktoum family is a branch of the Bani Yas tribe (a lineage the family shares with the Al Nahyan dynasty of Abu Dhabi), a powerful bedouin clan from the interior. In 1833, about 800 members of the Bani Yas tribe, under the leadership of Maktoum bin Butti, took over the emirate of Dubai and established the Al Maktoum dynasty in the emirate. ^[1] Arabic ( or just ) is the largest living member of the Semitic language family in terms of speakers. ... Etymologically an emirate or amirate (Arabic: إمارة Imarah, plural: إمارات Imarat) is the quality, dignity, office or territorial competence of any Emir (prince, governor etc. ... Coordinates: , Emirate Dubai Government  - Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Area [1]  - Metro 4,114 km² (1,588. ... Bani Yas is a tribe in the United Arab Emirates. ... Abu Dhabi or Abu Zaby (Arabic language: أبوظبي) is the largest of the seven emirates that comprise the United Arab Emirates and was also the largest of the former Trucial States. ... A Bedouin man on a hillside at Mount Sinai Bedouin, derived from the Arabic ( ), a generic name for a desert-dweller, is a term generally applied to Arab nomadic pastoralist groups, who are found throughout most of the desert belt extending from the Atlantic coast of the Sahara via the...

The Al Maktoum dynasty has ruled Dubai since 1833. With the federation of the United Arab Emirates, the ruler of Dubai is also the country's Vice President and Prime Minister. The following Al Maktoum members have ruled over Dubai:

• ... - 9 June 1833 Sheikh `Ubayd ibn Said
• 9 June 1833 - 1852 Sheikh Maktoum I ibn Bati ibn Suhayl (d. 1852)
• 1852 - 1859 Sheikh Said I ibn Bati (d. 1859)
• 1859 - 22 November 1886 Sheikh Hushur ibn Maktoum (d. 1886)
• 22 November 1886 - 7 April 1894 Sheikh Rashid I ibn Maktoum (d. 1894)
• 7 April 1894 - 16 February 1906 Sheikh Maktoum II ibn Hushur (b. 18.. - d. 1906)
• 16 February 1906 - November 1912 Sheikh Bati ibn Suhayl (b. 1851 - d. 1912)
• November 1912 - 15 April 1929 Sheikh Saeed II bin Maktum (1st time) (b. 1878 - d. 1958)
• 15 April 1929 - 18 April 1929 Sheikh Mani ibn Rashid
• 18 April 1929 - September 1958 Sheikh Saeed II bin Maktum (2nd time)
• September 1958 - 7 October 1990 Sheikh Rashid II ibn Said Al Maktoum (b. 1912 - d. 1990)
• 7 October 1990 - 4 January 2006 Sheikh Maktoum III bin Rashid Al Maktoum (b. 1943 - d. 2006)
• 4 January 2006 - Present Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum (b. 1949)

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1. ^ "The Making of Modern Gulf States: Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, United Arab Emirates and Oman. Rosemarie Said Zahlan. Garnett & Ithica Press