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Sheikh Shakhbut bin Sultan Al Nahyan (Arabic: شخبوط بن سلطان آل نهيان; 1 June 1905 – 11 February 1989) was the ruler of Abu Dhabi from 1928 to 1966. On 6 August 1966, Shakhbut was deposed by members of his family with assistance from Britain in a bloodless coup .
Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan: b. 1881 – d. 1922 22 August 1922 – 4 August 1926 Sheikh Sultan II bin Zayed Al Nahyan: b. 1881 – d. 1926 4 August 1926 – 1 January 1928 Sheikh Saqr bin Zayed Al Nahyan: b. 1887 – d. 1928 1 January 1928 – 6 August 1966 Sheikh Shakhbut II bin Sultan Al Nahyan: b. 1905 – d. 1989 6 August 1966 – 2 ...
Sheikh Shakhbut was the eldest [2] son (or brother) of Sheikh Dhiyab bin Isa Al Nahyan who was the leader of the Bani Yas tribal confederation.. In 1761 Shakhbut's father, Dhiyab bin Isa, sent a hunting party from Liwa which tracked a gazelle to a brackish spring on the island. [3]
The following charts below are the family trees of the rulers of the seven emirates of the United Arab Emirates from the 18th century to present day. The House of Nahyan rules Abu Dhabi, [1] the House of Maktoum rules Dubai, [2] the House of Qasimi rules Sharjah and Ras Al Khaimah, the House of Sharqi rules Fujairah, the House of Mualla rules Umm Al Quwain, and the House of Nuaimi rules Ajman.
Sheikh Shakhbut bin Sultan Al Nahyan (1928–1966) Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan (1966–2004), founder of the United Arab Emirates; Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan (2004–2022), President of UAE and Ruler of Abu Dhabi. Sheikh Mohammad bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of UAE and Ruler of Abu Dhabi and Commander of UAE Armed Forces. Sheikh ...
On 6 August 1966, Shakhbut was deposed in a bloodless palace coup. [22] The move to replace Shakhbut with Zayed had the unanimous backing of the Al Nahyan family. [23] The news was conveyed to Shakhbut by British Acting Resident Glen Balfour-Paul who added the support of the British to the consensus of the family.
In April 2009, Sheikh Issa bin Zayed, a member of the Al Nahyan royal family, was subject to a controversy where he was allegedly shown to be torturing a man. [ 11 ] In 2017, several Emirati princesses from the Al Nahyan family were found guilty in a Belgium court over the inhumane treatment of servants, an incident that occurred between 2007 ...
The tower was later expanded into a small fort in 1793 by the then ruler, Shakhbut bin Dhiyab Al Nahyan, and became the permanent residence of the ruling Sheikh. [2] The tower took its present shape after a major extension in the late 1930s, aided by revenues received for granting the first oil license in Abu Dhabi. [6]