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Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan
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Sheikh of Abu Dhabi from 1966 to 2003
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Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan was a male politician and poet from the House of Nahyan. Born in Abu Dhabi in 1918, he served as the President of the United Arab Emirates and held citizenship in the United Arab Emirates and the Trucial States. He spoke Arabic and practiced Islam. His spouse was Fatima bint Mubarak Al Ketbi, and they had children including Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Sultan bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, and Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
He authored the work *Arabian Horse* and received several awards, including the Order of Isabella the Catholic, Champions of the Earth, Order of the Star of Romania, and the Collar of the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum. Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan died of pulmonary fibrosis in Abu Dhabi on November 2, 2004. He was buried at the Sheikh Zayed Mosque on November 3, 2004. His father was Sultan bin Zayed bin Khalifa Al Nahyan, and his sibling was Shakhbut bin Sultan Al Nahyan.
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- Arabian Horse
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Trucial States
- Place of birth
- Abu Dhabi
- Place of death
- Abu Dhabi
- Occupation
- poet
- Languages spoken
- Arabic
- Religion
- Islam
- Family
- House of Nahyan
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- date of birth
- 1918-05-06
- date of death
- 2004-11-02
- Commons category
- Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan
- place of burial
- Sheikh Zayed Mosque
- name in native language
- زايد بن سلطان آل نهيان
- date of burial or cremation
- 2004-11-03
- honorific prefix
- sheikh
- cause of death
- pulmonary fibrosis
- manner of death
- natural causes
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HouseAl Nahyan FatherSultan bin Zayed Al Nahyan MotherSalama bint Butti Al Qubaisi ReligionSunni Islam
Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan (Arabic: زايد بن سلطان آل نهيان, romanized: Zāyid bin Sulṭān Āl Nahyān; 6 May 1918 – 2 November 2004) was an Emirati politician, philanthropist, and the founding father of the United Arab Emirates. Zayed served as the governor of Eastern Region from 1946 until he became the ruler of Abu Dhabi in 1966, and served as the first president of the United Arab Emirates from its independence on 2 December 1971 until his death in 2004. He is referred in the United Arab Emirates as the Father of the Nation for being the principal driving force behind the unification of the United Arab Emirates.
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