The Al Bu Shamis (Arabic: ال بو شامس‎) or Al Shawamis (Arabic: الشوامس‎) (singular Al Shamsi Arabic: الشامسي‎) is an Arab Bedouin tribe that mostly inhabit the southeastern part of the Arabian peninsula. They are located mainly in Northern Oman, the United Arab Emirates, and to a lesser extent Kuwait, Qatar, eastern Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Iraq. Due to the large nature of the tribe, there are today in fact many branches that trace themselves to the Al Bu Shamis tribe.