[2] Five years after his establishment at Ajman, the fort was taken by the Darawisha Bedouin who were removed by the action of the Ruler of Sharjah, Sheikh Saqr bin Sultan Al Qasimi.
He was signatory to the 1820 General Maritime Treaty with the British, becoming one of the first Rulers of the Trucial States, later to become the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
The Nuaimi name derives from the Na'im tribal confederation which dominated the area around Buraimi[4] and the Northern movement of the tribe, the Al Bu Kharabain appears to have settled in Ajman, as well as the area of Al Heera, Hamriyah and even Sharjah.
Both Rulers signed the treaty at Falayah, an inland dependency of Ras Al Khaimah.
[7] He died in 1838 and was succeeded by his son, Humaid bin Rashid Al Nuaimi.