Shakhbut bin Sultan Al Nahyan

Shakhbut was born in 1905. He was the eldest son of Sultan bin Zayed bin Khalifa Al Nahyan. His mother was Sheikha Salama bint Butti.{{cite news|author=Bushra Alkaff Al Hashemi|title=Memories of a simpler time ==Reign==

Sheikh Shakhbut was installed following a coup against Sheikh Saqr bin Zayed Al Nahyan in 1928, becoming the ruler of the emirate of Abu Dhabi. During his reign, he adopted an aggressively mercantilist strategy, keeping his reserves in gold. After the discovery of oil in Abu Dhabi in 1958, Abu Dhabi's elites were frustrated by Shakhbut's refusal to spend the petroleum royalties. At the request of Abu Dhabi's elites, the British, via the Trucial Oman Scouts, carried out a bloodless coup against Shakhbut on 6 August 1966, installing Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan as the ruler of Abu Dhabi in his stead.{{Cite book|author=Jeff D. Colgan|publisher=Oxford University Press ==Personal life==

Shakhbut married twice. His first wife was his first cousin, Sheikha Fakhera bint Hazza Al Nahyan, and she was the mother of all his children. They had two sons, Saeed and Sultan. Both of his sons predeceased Shakhbut; they died in their youth while living in exile with their father. The elder son, Saeed, was married to his cousin, the daughter of his uncle Sheikh Zayed in Buraimi in 1963. He has a son named Tahnoun. Saeed's daughter, Fakhra is married to Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan. Sultan also had a son, Khalifa.{{cite journal|author=Miriam Joyce|title=On the road towards unity: the Trucial states from a British perspective, 1960–66|journal=Middle Eastern Studies|year=1999 After being deposed, Shakhbut and his family went into exile to Iran under his brother Zayed's orders. They resided in the Khuzestan province of Iran. They were hosted by Sheikh Abdulkarim Al-Faisali of the Banu Tamim tribe. ==Honours==

On 24 April 1966 King Hussein of Jordan awarded him the Nahda Order, then the highest Jordanian honour. ==References==