Al Heera
Al Heera is a suburb in Northern Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates, traditionally home to the Al Bu Shamis section of the Na'im tribe. At one stage declaring its independence from Sharjah, with its own Sheikh, it formally became part of the Emirate of Sharjah in 1942 on the death of its Ruler, Abdulrahman bin Muhammad Al Shamsi.Photo: Alexandermcnabb, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Locality
- Description: human settlement in United Arab Emirates
- Also known as: “Al Haira”, “Al Hairah”, “Al Ḩayrah”, “Al-Ḥīrah”, “Hair”, “Haira”, and “Hayrah”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sharjah and Al Nahda.
Sharjah
Photo: Challiyan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sharjah is the third largest city in the United Arab Emirates and the capital of Sharjah emirate. Sharjah is known for its Arabic and Islamic architecture as well as its libraries, Islamic museums, and cultural centers.
Al Nahda
Suburb
Al Nahda is a residential locality in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Al Nahda forms part of Dubai's northern border with the emirate of Sharjah. Portions of Al Nahda that flow north into the emirate of Sharjah fall within that emirate's jurisdiction. Al Nahda is situated 10 km southwest of Al Heera.
Al Heera
- Category: human settlement
- Location: Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, Middle East, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Al Heera” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الحيرة (الشارقة)”
- Arabic: “الحيرة”
- Dutch: “Al Hayrah”
- Hebrew: “אל-הירה”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Al Heera”
- Persian: “ال هیراه”
- Persian: “الهیراه”
- Urdu: “الحیرہ (شارجہ)”
- Urdu: “الحیرہ”
- Western Panjabi: “الہائرہ”
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