Butti bin Suhail Al Maktoum

In this Arabic name, the surname is Al Maktoum.
Butti bin Suhail Al Maktoum
Sheikh
Ruler of Dubai
Reign16 February 1906 – November 1912
PredecessorMaktoum bin Hasher Al Maktoum
Ruler of DubaiSaeed bin Maktoum bin Hasher Al Maktoum
Born1850 or 1851
Died1912 (age 60-62)
Arabicبُطِّي بِن سُهَيْل آل مَكْتُوْم
Royal familyAl Maktoum
FatherSuhail Al Maktoum

Sheikh Butti bin Suhail Al Maktoum (Arabic: ٱلشَّيْخ بُطِّي بِن سُهَيْل آل مَكْتُوْم, romanized: Aš-Šayḵ Buṭṭī bin Suhayl Āl Maktūm) became the Ruler of the Emirate of Dubai on 16 February 1906,[1] following the death of his cousin, Sheikh Maktoum bin Hasher, of heart disease. He continued the liberal policies of his predecessor, expanding Dubai's trading port.[2]

  1. ^ Lorimer, John (1915). Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. British Government, Bombay. p. 775.
  2. ^ Wilson, Graeme (1999). Father of Dubai. Media Prima. p. 37.