Qasr Al Muwaiji

{{Short description|Fort in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox military installation

| name = Al-Muwaiji Fort

| native_name = Qaṣr Al-Muwayjʿī ({{lang|ar|قَصْر ٱلْمُوَيْجْعِي}})

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| location = Al Ain, Eastern Region of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, the U.A.E.

| coordinates = {{coord|24|13|30|N|55|43|37|E|region:AE|display=inline,title}}

| map_type = UAE#Persian Gulf#Middle East#West Asia

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| map_caption = Location in the U.A.E.

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| image = Qasr Al Muwaiji9283.jpg

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| built = Early 20th century, during the reign of Zayed bin Khalifa Al Nahyan

| builder = Khalifa bin Zayed bin Khalifa Al Nahyan

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| condition = Restored

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| website = {{url|http://qasralmuwaiji.ae/en/}}

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Qasr Al Muwaiji{{cite web |publisher=Qasr Al Muwaiji |title=Qasr Al Muwaiji |url=http://qasralmuwaiji.ae/en/ |access-date=2019-03-09}} ({{langx|ar|قَصْر ٱلْمُوَيْجْعِي|Qaṣr Al-Muwayjʿī}}), or "Muwaiji Fort", is a fort in the central part of Al Ain in the Eastern Region of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates. It is noted as the birthplace of Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the former Ruler of Abu Dhabi and President of the U.A.E. (2004–2022), and where his father and predecessor, Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, was based during his tenure as the Ruler's Representative of the Eastern Region of the Emirate.{{citation |work=Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi |title=Annual Report 2017 |volume=1: Culture |pages=8–211 |url=https://tcaabudhabi.ae/DataFolder/reports/2017%20Annual%20report%20-%20EN.pdf |year=2017 |access-date=2019-03-09}}{{cite thesis |last=Al-Hosani |first=Hamad Ali |title=The Political Thought of Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan |publisher=Durham University |pages=43–44 |url=http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/3448/1/electronic_version_of_my_thesis.pdf |format=PhD Thesis |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170205164804/http://www.na.ae/en/Images/LIWA12.pdf |year=2012 |access-date=15 April 2016 |archive-date=5 February 2017 }}{{cite book |editor-last=El Reyes |editor-first=Dr. Abdulla |title=Liwa Journal of the National Archives |publisher=Emirati National Archives |pages=35–37 |location=United Arab Emirates |url=http://www.na.ae/en/Images/LIWA12.pdf |date=December 2014 |access-date=5 February 2017 |language=en }}