11 February 1989(1989-02-11) (aged 83) Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Spouses
Sheikha Fakhera bint Hazza Al Nahyan
Mariam bint Rashid Al Otaiba[1]
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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