Sultan bin Zayed bin Khalifa Al Nahyan explained

Succession:Ruler of Abu Dhabi
Reign:1922–1926
Predecessor:Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Successor:Saqr bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Father:Zayed the Great
Spouse:Salama bint Butti Al-Qubaisi[1]
Issue:Shakhbut
Khalid
Hazza
Zayed
Mariam
Birth Place:Abu Dhabi, Trucial States
Death Date:1926
House:Al Nahyan
Religion:Islam

Sheikh Sultan bin Zayed bin Khalifa Al Nahyan (Arabic: ٱلشَّيْخ سُلْطَان بْن زَایِد بْن خَلِیْفَة آل نَهْيَان|Sulṭān bin Zāyid bin Ḵalīfa Āl Nahyān) was the ruler of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi from 1922 to 1926. Two of his sons, Shakbut and Zayed, ruled Abu Dhabi for seventy six years (from 1928 to 2004). [2]

Sultan killed his brother Hamdan in 1922 to rule Abu Dhabi, but was himself toppled and killed by another brother, Saqr, in 1926.[3]

Children

Sheikh Sultan had at least four sons, the eldest of whom was Shakbut, and the youngest of whom was Zayed,[2] also called Zayed II.

Notes and References

  1. Rabi. Uzi. Oil Politics and Tribal Rulers in Eastern Arabia: The Reign of Shakhbut (1928– 1966). British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies. May 2006. 33. 1. 37–50. 17 April 2013. 10.1080/13530190600603832. 145543142. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130509032519/http://ipac.kacst.edu.sa/eDoc/2006/161361_1.pdf. 9 May 2013.
  2. Killgore . Andrew I. . Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan (1918–2004) . . March 2005 . 41 . 18 April 2013 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20170205164804/http://www.na.ae/en/Images/LIWA12.pdf . 5 February 2017 . dmy-all.
  3. Book: Donald., Hawley. The Trucial States. 1970. Allen & Unwin. 0049530054. London. 336. 152680.