Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan was an Emirati politician, statesman, and philanthropist who served as the first president of the United Arab Emirates from 1971 until his death in 2004.
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28 Facts About Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan
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Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan is credited as the founding father and the principal driving force behind the formation of the UAE, uniting seven emirates.
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Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan was the ruler of Abu Dhabi from 1966 until his death.
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Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan's father was the ruler of Abu Dhabi from 1922 until his death in 1926.
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Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan extracted a promise from her sons not to use violence against each other, a promise which they kept.
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Sheikh Zayed was named after his grandfather, Sheikh Zayed bin Khalifa Al Nahyan, who ruled the emirate from 1855 to 1909.
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Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan only received a basic instruction in the principles of Islam, and lived in the desert with Bedouin tribesmen, familiarising himself with the life of the people, their traditional skills and their ability to survive under the harsh climatic conditions.
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Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan was prominent in his opposition to Saudi territorial claims and reportedly rejected a bribe of about £30 million to allow Aramco to explore for oil in the disputed territory.
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Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan subsequently lived in Khorramshahr, Iran before returning to live in Buraimi.
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Takahashi, working to instructions from Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan, often marked out in sand with a camel stick, was responsible for a number of key buildings, while introducing wide roads, the construction of corniches and greening the city.
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Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan was appointed to the presidency of the UAE in 1971 and was reappointed on four more occasions: 1976,1981,1986, and 1991.
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In 1974, Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan settled the outstanding border dispute with Saudi Arabia by the Treaty of Jeddah by which Saudi Arabia received the output of the Shaybah oilfield and access to the lower Persian Gulf in return for recognising the UAE.
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Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan was determined to unite the Emirates into federation.
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Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan's calls for cooperation extended across the Persian Gulf to Iran.
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Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan advocated dialogue as the means to settle the row with Tehran over three strategic Persian Gulf islands which Iran seized from the UAE Emirate of Sharjah in 1971.
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Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan was considered a relatively liberal ruler, and permitted private media.
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Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan did not shy away from controversy when it came to expressing his opinions on current events in the Arab world.
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At the time the British withdrew from the Persian Gulf in 1971, Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan 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.
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Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan was known for making donations to the tune of millions [pounds sterling] for worthy causes around the Arab World as well as in the neighbouring countries and in the world at large.
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Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan allowed non-Muslim religious buildings, such as churches and a temple, to be built.
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Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan was in favour of certain rights for women, such as access to education and women's labour rights, within traditional parameters.
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Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan's views regarding women's rights were considerably more liberal than his counterparts in the GCC nations.
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Controversy over the opinions of the Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Centre caused the Harvard Divinity School to return Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan's $2.
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Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan had been suffering from diabetes and kidney problems.
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Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan was buried in the courtyard of the new Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi.
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