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Ahmed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (Arabic: أحمد بن زايد آل نهيان, 1969 – 26 March 2010) was an Emirati businessman and the managing director of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority. [1]
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Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan (Arabic: زايد بن سلطان آل...
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The House of Nahyan (Arabic: آل نهيان, romanized: Āl Nuhayān) is the ruling royal family of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, and one of the six ruling families of the United Arab Emirates.
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Zayed was the youngest of four sons of Sheikh Sultan bin Khalifa Al Nahyan. His father was the ruler of Abu Dhabi from 1922 until his death in 1926. Zayed was the youngest of his four brothers. His eldest brother, Sheikh Shakhbut bin Sultan Al Nahyan, became ruler of Abu Dhabi after their uncle, Saqr bin Zayed Al Nahyan. His mother was Sheikha Sala...
Zayed was appointed the governor of the Eastern Region of Abu Dhabi in 1946, and was based in the Muwaiji fort in Al Ain. At this time, the area was poor and prone to outbreaks of disease. When parties from Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast) began exploring for oil in the area, Zayed assisted them.[page needed] In 1952, a small Saudi Arabian for...
Sheikh Zayed was determined to unite the Emirates into federation. His calls for cooperation extended across the Persian Gulf to Iran. He advocated dialogue as the means to settle the row with Tehran over three strategic Persian Gulf islands which Iran seized from the (future) UAE Emirate of Sharjah in 1971. The islands remain in Iranian hands, des...
At the time the British withdrew from the Persian Gulf in 1971, Zayed oversaw the establishment of the Abu Dhabi Fund for Arab Economic Development; some of its oil riches were channeled to some forty less fortunate Islamic nations in Asia and Africa during the decades that followed.[page needed] Using the country's enormous oil revenues, Zayed bui...
Controversy over the opinions of the Zayed Centre caused the Harvard Divinity School to return Sheikh Zayed's $2.5 million gift to the institution in 2000 as "tainted money." Former United States president Jimmy Carteraccepted the Zayed International Prize for the Environment in 2001. The award included a monetary prize of $500,000 from the Zayed C...
On 2 November 2004, Zayed died at the age of 86. He had been suffering from diabetes and kidney problems. He was buried in the courtyard of the new Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi. His eldest son, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan,took an increasing role in government beginning in the 1980s. Directly after his father's death, he became the Ruler of Abu ...
Shaikh Zayed University, located in Khost, southeastern Afghanistan. It was built with the aid of Sheikh Zayed.Sheikh Zayed City in Greater Cairo, GizaProvince, Egypt, built depending on a donation from Abu Dhabi Fund for Development, on directions of Sheikh Zayed.The Zayed International Prize for the Environment and Zayed Future Energy Prizeare named in his honour.Media related to Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyanat Wikimedia CommonsSheikh Ahmed bin Zayed al-Nahyan was one of the many sons of the ruling family of Abu Dhabi whose acumen and dependability led to him being chosen as the managing director of one of the world’s
Known as the Father of the Nation for his role in forming the United Arab Emirates, the late HH Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan was the first President of the UAE. He served in this position since the formation of the UAE on 2 December 1971 until he passed away in 2004.
His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan was appointed as Minister of Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Emirates on the 9th of February, 2006. His Highness’ role is to lead on the foreign policy of the UAE, and to enhance the UAE’s bilateral relationships with international partners, while promoting the UAE as a regional and global ...
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So wrote the late Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan, who died during Ramadan five years ago. Ever since my generation and I came to this world, born after 1971, His Highness Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan has inspired in us many feelings of loyalty - to our beliefs, our history and our country.
