Zayed bin Khalifa Al Nahyan

Zayed bin Khalifa Al Nahyan
Portrait of Zayed bin Khalifa
Ruler of Abu Dhabi
Reign1855 – 18 May 1909
PredecessorSaeed bin Tahnun Al Nahyan
SuccessorTahnoun bin Zayed bin Khalifa Al Nahyan
Born1835 (1835)
Abu Dhabi
DiedMay 19, 1909(1909-05-19) (aged 73–74)
SpouseMaitha Almansoori
daughter of Sultan bin Nasser Al Suwaidi
IssueKhalifa bin Zayed bin Khalifa Al Nahyan
Ruler Tahnoun bin Zayed bin Khalifa Al Nahyan (no sons)
Ruler Hamdan bin Zayed bin Khalifa Al Nahyan
Ruler Sultan bin Zayed bin Khalifa Al Nahyan
Ruler Saqr bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Said bin Zayed bin Khalifa Al Nahayan[1] (no sons)
Hazza
Mohammad
HouseAl Nahyan family
FatherKhalifa bin Shakhbut Al Nahyan
Motherfrom the al-Suwaidi
ReligionIslam

Sheikh Zayed bin Khalifa Al Nahyan (Arabic: زايد بن خليفة آل نهيان; 1835 – 18 May 1909), also known as Zayed the Great or Zayed the First[2] was the Sheikh of Abu Dhabi from 1855 to his death in 1909. He was the grandfather and namesake of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan, founder of the United Arab Emirates.[3]

  1. ^ Al Hashemi, Bushra Alkaff (27 February 2013). "Memories of a simpler time". The National. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
  2. ^ Āl Maktūm, Muḥammad ibn Rāshid. Spirit of the union : lecture on the occasion of the United Arab Emirates' fortieth national day. Dubai (United Arab Emirates). Media Office. Dubai, UAE. p. 34. ISBN 9781860633300. OCLC 957655419.
  3. ^ Joffe, Lawrence (3 November 2004). "Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 28 August 2013. Retrieved 31 March 2018.