Shakhbut bin Sultan Al Nahyan

Shakhbut bin Sultan Al Nahyan
Shakhbut bin Sultan Al Nahyan
	Sheikh Shakhbut in 1961
Ruler of Abu Dhabi
Reign	1928–1966
Predecessor	Saqr I bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Successor	Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan
Born	1 June 1905; Abu Dhabi, Trucial States
Died	11 February 1989 (aged 83); Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Spouses	Sheikha Fakhera bint Hazza Al Nahyan; Mariam bint Rashid Al Otaiba;
Issue	2 sons and 4 daughters
House	Al Nahyan
Father	Sultan bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Mother	Salama bint Butti Al-Qubaisi
Religion	Sunni Islam

Shakhbut bin Sultan Al Nahyan (Arabic: شخبوط بن سلطان آل نهيان; 1 June 1905 – 11 February 1989) was the ruler of Abu Dhabi from 1928 to 1966. On 6 August 1966, Shakhbut was deposed by members of his family with assistance from Britain in a bloodless coup. His younger brother, Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan succeeded him as the ruler of Abu Dhabi.^[2]

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^ Helene von Bismarck (2013). British Policy in the Persian Gulf, 1961–1968: Conceptions of Informal Empire. Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 155, 181. ISBN 978-1-137-32673-7. On the evening of 4 August, the acting political agent in Abu Dhabi, Mr Nuttall, had been presented with a letter signed by the senior members of the ruling family, informing the British Government that they had decided to depose Shaikh Shakhbut. In this letter, they had formally asked the British Government to help them avoid a disturbance of the peace in Abu Dhabi by permanently removing Shaikh Shakhbut, and temporarily removing his two sons, Said and Sultan, from the shaikhdom

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[hbis-2] Helene von Bismarck (2013). British Policy in the Persian Gulf, 1961–1968: Conceptions of Informal Empire. Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 155, 181. ISBN 978-1-137-32673-7. On the evening of 4 August, the acting political agent in Abu Dhabi, Mr Nuttall, had been presented with a letter signed by the senior members of the ruling family, informing the British Government that they had decided to depose Shaikh Shakhbut. In this letter, they had formally asked the British Government to help them avoid a disturbance of the peace in Abu Dhabi by permanently removing Shaikh Shakhbut, and temporarily removing his two sons, Said and Sultan, from the shaikhdom

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