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Hamdan bin Zayed bin Khalifa Al Nahyan
Not to be confused with Hamdan bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan.
In this Arabic name, the surname is Al Nahyan.
Ruler of Abu Dhabi
Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed bin Khalifa Al Nahyan was the ruler of Abu Dhabi from 1912 to 1922.[1]
Biography
Hamdan was the fifth son of Zayed I, Ruler of Abu Dhabi.
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Zayed I had many sons (at least seven) by several wives. His eldest son, Khalifa, declined the succession. Since Khalifa declined to accept leadership, his next brother, Tahnoun, was selected. Tahnoun ruled for three years (1909–12) and died peacefully at age 55.
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Tahnoun had no sons. When he died, his brother Hamdan (Zayed's fifth son) seized the rulership, superseding two older brothers, apart from Khalifa.
Hamdan's rule was unpopular. While Abu Dhabi's population was violently anti-Wahhabi (a number of incursions into Buraimi had helped to cement Wahhabi unpopularity), Hamdan sent a mission to Ibn Saud in Riyadh, possibly in a bid