THE HIDDEN GEMS OMAN IN THE HEART OF UAE | THE PYRING ADVENTURE VLOG | CAMPING IN UAE 4K #madha
Channel: PYRING ISLANDER
Date: 2024-03-07

HISTORY:
At the start of the 19th century, Madha belonged to the Qawasim of Ras Al Khaimah but the Shihuh of Dibba Bai'ah took it by force some time between 1869 and 1900. From that point, they had been aligned with the Shihuh from Dibba Bai'ah and their leader Muhammad bin Salih. The Madhanis determined that there was no point of staying with him and they needed a stronger government.

In the late 1930s or early 1940s, the leaders of the four rival clans who ruled the Musandam Peninsula (Al Qassimi of Ras Al Khaimah, Al Qassimi of Sharjah, Al Sharqi of Fujairah, and the Bu Said of Oman) gathered a group of village elders of Madha and posed a question as to which sheikhdom the Madhanis wanted to have allegiance, While all the other villages and towns around them (including the village of Nahwa that is within Madha) aligned themselves with the ruling families of Sharjah, Fujairah and Ras Al Khaimah.

The Madhanis were swayed by the local representative, or wali, of the sultan of Oman Hamad bin Saif Al bu Sa'idi. The Madhanis chose Oman in the 1930s based on the firm belief that Oman was wealthier, had a stronger government, and would be better placed to protect the village's water supply. The boundary was settled in 1969 and Madha residents' decision to align with Oman made them an exclave of the Sultanate of Oman.

DICREPTION: 
Madha is mostly empty, with the developed portion, called "New Madha", containing roads, a school, post office, an 'Eid ground, police station, an Omani bank, electricity and water supply, and an airstrip. There is also a Royal Oman Police patrol.[citation needed]

The population is less than 3,000.

In 2014, it was announced that a museum would be built to house the collection of local historian

The exclave is on the Fujairah–Khor Fakkan road, which is mostly in the Emirate of Sharjah, and covers approximately 75 km2 (29 sq mi). There are two exits to Madha on the Fujairah–Khorfakkan road. This territory is the only territory between UAE and Oman which is not lined with any barrier and there is no border crossing between Madha, Nahwa, or the UAE.


⚠️  No mobile signal in that area so please before going there check out map carefully and properly or if possible download offline map.

PLEASE CARRY GARBAGE BAGS WITH YOU AND THROW YOUR RUBBISH IN GARBAGE BAG IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT ENVIRONMENT AND NATURE.

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Timecodes
0:00 Intro
1:05 Way to Masafi Town
2:09 Masafi market
6:53 Road Khor Fakkan 
9:36 Madha UAE Border
11:24 Wadi madha
14:31 Madha Waterfall
18:24 Road to Al Nahwah DAM
22:06 Madha Dam