ABU DHABI




SHEIKHDOM OF ABU DHABI

The state of Abu Dhabi was founded ca. 1761 when members of the Banu Yas tribe,
headed by the Al Abu Falah clan, settled on the island of the same name.
Abu Dhabi was a signatory of the treaties of 1820, 1835, 1843 and 1853 and became
a British protectorate - subject to the residency of the Persian Gulf - in 1892.
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BRITISH REPRESENTATIVES

See Trucial Coast
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HEADS OF STATE

Sheikhs

House of Al Abu Falah 

1845 - 1855   Zaid ibn Tahnun an-Nahayan, deposed
1855 - 1909   Zaid ibn Khalifa an-Nahayan "al Kebir"
              (the Great), cousin                            18.. - 1909        
1909 - 1912   Tahnun ibn Zaid an-Nahayan, son                18.. - 1912
1912 - 1922   Hamdan ibn Zaid an-Nahayan, brother, 
              assassinated                                   1881 - 1922
1922 - 1926   Sultan ibn Zaid an-Nahayan, brother, 
              assassinated                                   1881 - 1926
1926 - 1928   Saqr ibn Zaid an-Nahayan, brother, 
              assassinated                                   1887 - 1928
1928 - 1966   Shakhbut ibn Sultan an-Nahayan, son 
              of Sheikh Sultan ibn Zaid (s.a.)               1903 - 1989



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