| Official Name: | Al Badiyah |
| Native Name: | Arabic: ٱلْبَدِيَة |
| Native Name Lang: | ar |
| Other Name: | Al-Bidyah Arabic: ٱلْبِدْيَة |
| Pushpin Map: | United Arab Emirates |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United Arab Emirates |
| Subdivision Type1: | Emirate |
| Subdivision Name1: | Fujairah |
| Subdivision Type2: | Town |
| Government Type: | Monarchy |
| Leader Party: | Al Sharqi |
| Leader Title: | Emir |
| Leader Name: | Sheikh Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi |
| Leader Title1: | Crown Prince |
| Leader Name1: | Mohammad bin Hamad Al Sharqi |
| Population As Of: | 2015 |
| Population Total: | 7,153[1] |
| Timezone: | UTC+4 |
| Coordinates: | 25.4314°N 56.3483°W |
| Elevation Ft: | 111 |
| Elevation M: | 33 |
Al-Badiyah (Arabic: ٱلْبَدِيَة) or Al-Bidyah (Arabic: ٱلْبِدْيَة) is a settlement in the Emirate of Fujairah, the United Arab Emirates. It is the site of a historical mosque of the same name, which is the oldest functional mosque in the country, dating back to the 15th century.[2] [3] [4]
Remains of a Portuguese era fort have been discovered in the village by a team of Australian archaeologists. The fort, originally called 'Libidia', was identified from a 16th-century map. Its walls were constructed using rock recovered from a nearby tower dated back to the third millennium BCE.[5] These walls, some 60m (200feet) in length, are joined in a square with towers on each corner and stand today at a height of up to a meter. Finds at the site of the fort include locally made pottery dating back to the 17th and 18th centuries, and charcoal samples unearthed were carbon dated to 1450–1600, within the context of the Portuguese presence in the Gulf.[6]