Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan
Zayed bin Sultan bin Zayed Al Nahyan | |
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زايد بن سلطان بن زايد آل نهيان | |
File:Zayed-bin-Sultan-Al-Nahyan.jpg Official portrait of Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan | |
Born | 6 May 1918[1] Abu Dhabi, Trucial States (now the UAE) |
Died | 2 November 2004 | (aged 86)
Burial place | Sheikh Zayed Mosque 24°24′43″N 54°28′26″E / 24.412°N 54.474°E |
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President of the United Arab Emirates | |
In office 2 December 1971 – 2 November 2004 | |
Prime Minister | Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum |
Vice President | Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum |
Preceded by | None |
Succeeded by | Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum (acting) |
Emir of Abu Dhabi | |
Reign 6 August 1966 – 2 November 2004 | |
Preceded by | Sheikh Shakhbut bin Sultan Al Nahyan |
Succeeded by | Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan |
Supreme Commander of The Armed Forces | |
In office 2 December 1971 – 2 November 2004 | |
President | Himself |
Preceded by | Post established |
Succeeded by | Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan |
Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan (Arabic: زايد بن سلطان آل نهيان; 6 May 1918 – 2 November 2004)[1] was the principal driving force behind the formation of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the Emîr (أمير) (Ruler) of Abu Dhabi and first Ra’îs (رئيس) President of the United Arab Emirates, a post which he held for the period of almost 33 years (1971–2004).
Family and early life
The exact date of his birth is unknown, but officially on some documents, Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan was born on 6 May 1918 in Al Ain.[1] He was the youngest son of Sheikh Sultan bin Zayed bin Khalifa Al Nahyan.[2] His birth date is also reported to be 1916.[3] His father was the ruler of Abu Dhabi from 1922 until his assassination in 1926. Zayed was the youngest of his four brothers.[4] His mother was Sheikha Salama bint Butti Al Qubaisi.[5][6] She extracted a promise from her sons not to use violence against each other, a promise which they kept.[7] Sheikh Zayed was named after his grandfather, Sheikh Zayed bin Khalifa Al Nahyan ("Zayed the Great"), who ruled the emirate from 1855 to 1909.[8] At the time of Sheikh Zayed's birth, the sheikhdom of Abu Dhabi was one of seven Trucial States along the lower coast of the Persian Gulf[9] He also showed interest in Falconry.[citation needed] [10]
He moved to Al Ain in 1927.[1][11] As Zayed was growing up, there were no modern schools anywhere along the coast. He 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.[12]
His eldest brother, Sheikh Shakhbut bin Sultan Al Nahyan, became ruler of Abu Dhabi in 1928 after their uncle, Saqr bin Zayed Al Nahyan, was also assassinated.[4]
the area, Zayed assisted them.[13]
In 1959, a small Saudi Arabian force led by Turki bin Abdullah al-Otaishan occupied the village of Hamasa in the Buraimi Oasis (the so-called Buraimi dispute). Zayed 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. As part of this dispute, Zayed and his brother Hazza attended the Buraimi arbitration tribunal in Geneva in September 1955 and gave evidence to tribunal members. When the tribunal was abandoned amid allegations of Saudi bribery, the British initiated the reoccupation of the Buraimi Oasis through a local military force, the Trucial Oman Levies. A period of stability followed during which Zayed helped to develop the region and took a particular interest in the restoration of the falaj system, a network of water channels which kept the plantations of the Buraimi Oasis irrigated and fertile.[13][14]
The discovery of oil in 1958, and the start of oil exports in 1962, led to frustration among members of the ruling family about the lack of progress under Sheikh Shakhbut’s rule.[15] On 6 August 1966, Shakhbut was deposed in a bloodless palace coup.[16] Although it is not entirely clear from the historical record, the coup appeared to have the full backing of the Al Nahyan family and the support of the British, with the Trucial Oman Scouts providing safe transport for Sheikh Shakbut out of Abu Dhabi.[14][17]
In the late 1960s, Zayed hired Dr. Katsuhiko Takahashi, a Japanese architect, to design and plan the city.[18]
Between 8–11 January 1968, the UK's Foreign Office Minister Goronwy Roberts visited the Trucial States and announced to its shocked rulers that the United Kingdom would abrogate its treaties with them and intended to withdraw from the area.[19] In a seminal meeting on 18 February 1968 at a desert highland on the border between Dubai and Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Zayed and Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum of Dubai shook hands on the principle of founding a Federation and attempting to invite other trucial rulers to join in order that a viable nation be formed in the wake of the British withdrawal.[20]
In 1971, after occasionally difficult negotiations with the other six rulers of the Trucial States, the United Arab Emirates was formed. Zayed was appointed to the presidency of the UAE in 1971 and was reappointed on four more occasions: 1976, 1981, 1986, and 1991.[21]
In 1974, Zayed apparently 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.[22]
Attitudes
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Sheikh Zayed was determined to unite the Emirates into federation. His calls for cooperation extended across the Persian Gulf to Iran. He advocated dialogue as the means to settle the row with Tehran over three strategic Persian Gulf islands which Iran seized from the (future) UAE Emirate of Sharjah in 1971. The islands remain in Iranian hands, despite over three decades of UAE diplomatic initiatives.[citation needed]
He was considered a relatively liberal ruler, and permitted private media. However, they were expected to practice self-censorship and avoid criticism of Zayed or the ruling families. Freedom of worship was permitted, and to a certain extent allowances were made for expatriate cultures, but this did not always sit comfortably in the eyes of the wider Arab world with Zayed's role as a Muslim head of state.[14]
Zayed did not shy away from controversy when it came to expressing his opinions on current events in the Arab world. Troubled by the suffering of Iraqi civilians, he took the lead in calling for the lifting of economic sanctions on Iraq imposed by the United Nations in the aftermath of the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in 1990, despite Kuwaiti displeasure and opposition.[23]
Zayed was considered one of the wealthiest men in the world. A Forbes estimate put his fortune at around US$20 billion.[24] The source of this wealth could be almost exclusively attributed to the immense oil wealth of Abu Dhabi and the Emirates, which sit on a pool of a tenth of the world's proven oil reserves. In 1988, he purchased, for £5m, Tittenhurst Park at Sunninghill, Berkshire as his English home.[25][26][27][28]
Policies and charity
At the time the British withdrew from the Persian Gulf in 1971, Zayed 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. He is also remembered as "the man who turned the desert green," because he invested oil revenues into projects to improve the harsh desert environment.[citation needed]
Using the country's enormous oil revenues, Zayed built institutions such as hospitals, schools and universities and made it possible for UAE citizens to enjoy free access to them. Other charitable acts included adopting hundreds of orphans and building several hospitals abroad in Europe, Asia, and Africa.[citation needed]
When asked by the New York Times in April 1997 why there is no elected legislature, Zayed replied,
Why should we abandon a system that satisfies our people in order to introduce a system that seems to engender dissent and confrontation? Our system of government is based upon our religion and that is what our people want. Should they seek alternatives, we are ready to listen to them.
We have always said that our people should voice their demands openly. We are all in the same boat, and they are both the captain and the crew. Our doors are open for any opinion to be expressed, and this well known by all our citizens. It is our deep conviction that Allah has created people free, and has prescribed that each individual must enjoy freedom of choice. No one should act as if they own others.
Those in the position of leadership should deal with their subjects with compassion and understanding, because this is the duty enjoined upon them by Allah, who enjoins upon us to treat all living creatures with dignity. How can there be anything less for mankind, created as Allah's successors on earth? Our system of government does not derive its authority from man, but is enshrined in our religion and is based on Allah's Book, the Quran. What need have we of what others have conjured up? Its teachings are eternal and complete, while the systems conjured up by man are transitory and incomplete.[29]
Land was also often distributed gratis. However, while this policy benefited many landless families, enormously wealthy clans and individuals were given free land grants in proportion to their status and influence with the royal family. His majlis (a traditional Arab consultation council) was open to the public, and as well as discussing national and personal issues, he enjoyed hearing people's opinions on poetry, as well as recitals by new and young poets.[citation needed] He allowed non-Muslim religious buildings, such as churches and a temple, to be built. This has particularly had a positive impact on how he was publicly perceived by the vast multitudes of expatriate workers who make up approximately three quarters of the population of the UAE.[citation needed] Zayed was also in favour of certain rights for women, such as access to education and women's labour-rights, within traditional parameters. His views regarding women's rights were considerably more liberal than his counterparts in the GCC nations.[citation needed]
Zayed Centre
Controversy over the opinions of the Zayed Centre caused the Harvard Divinity School to return Sheikh Zayed's $2.5 million gift to the institution in 2000 as "tainted money." Former United States president Jimmy Carter accepted the Zayed International Prize for the Environment in 2001. The award included a monetary prize of $500,000 from the Zayed Centre, and Carter stated in his acceptance speech that the award carried extra significance to him, since it was named after his personal friend.[30]
There was similar controversy when the London School of Economics accepted a large donation by the Zayed Centre, to build a new lecture theatre in the New Academic Building in 2008.[31] Despite student protests,[citation needed] the gift was accepted with the Sheik Zayed Theatre being the second largest lecture hall on the campus.
Harvard's equivocation, the Carter controversy, and the engendering negative publicity, prompted Sheikh Zayed to shut down the centre in August 2003, stating that the Zayed Centre "had engaged in a discourse that starkly contradicted the principles of interfaith tolerance."[32]
Final years and death
In 1989, while he was hospitalized and undergoing a series of tests, the people of the UAE wrote him a personal thank-you letter.
On 2 November 2004, Zayed died at the age of 86. He was buried in the courtyard of the new Sheikh Zayed Mosque in Abu Dhabi.
His eldest son, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, took an increasing role in government beginning in the 1980s. Directly after his father's death, he was ratified as the Ruler of the United Arab Emirates by his fellow rulers on the Supreme Council.
Memorials and Legacy
- Shaikh Zayed International Airport located in Rahim Yar Khan, Punjab, Pakistan is named in his honor.
- A street in Montenegro was named for his memory in 2013.[33]
- A lecture theater was named in his honor at the London School of Economics.
- An international airport in the northern city of Kukës, Albania, was named "Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan".
- Khost University located in south-east of Afghanistan was named Shaikh Zayed University. The campus of this University was built by the aid of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan.
- A Hafiz School in Gudermes, Chechen Republic, was named in the Sheikh's honor.
- The Sheikh Zayed Arab Falconry Heritage Wing at The World Center of Birds of Prey in Boise, Idaho which was set up through a donation from Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed, son of Sheikh Zayed.
- Sheikh Zayed City in Egypt, built depending on a donation from Abu Dhabi Fund for Development, on directions of Sheikh Zayed.
- Zayed Town, located in Central Bahrain, was financed by Shaikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan and named in his honour. The first phase of this township project was inaugurated in 2001.
- Shaikh Zayed Hospital for children and another for women in Larkana Sindh Pakistan
- Shaikh Zayed Hospital Lahore Punjab Pakistan, Shaikh Zayed Medical Complex Lahore.
- Shaikh Zayed Medical College and Hospital located at Rahim Yar Khan, Punjab, Pakistan was named in his honor.
- The 5th ring road in Kuwait is now named in honor of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan.
- The Sheikh Zayed Tower at The Johns Hopkins Hospital is named in his honor.
- The Zayed International Prize for the Environment and Zayed Future Energy Prize are named in his honour.
- One the main streets of the Berges du Lac neighborhood of Tunis is named in his honor.
- Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC
- Sheikh Zayed Children Welfare Centre, a centre for orphaned children located in Mombasa, Kenya
- Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's Mosque (Stockholm Mosque), in Stockholm, Sweden
- Zayed University, with campuses in Abu Dhabi and Dubai, began as a woman's university in 1998
- 2018, during the Dubai Light Show, it is called that year "Year of Zayed", to celebrate 100 years since his birth.[34]
Marriage and children
Zayed bin Sultan married seven times.[citation needed] His children are as follows:[35]
Name | Lifespan | Notes |
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Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan | 25 January 1948 (age 76) | Ruler of Abu Dhabi |
Sultan bin Zayed Al Nahyan | 1955 (age 68–69) | Former Deputy Prime Minister of the UAE |
Shamsa bint Zayed Al Nahyan[citation needed] | ||
Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan | 11 March 1961 (age 63) | Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Sheikha Salama bint Hamdan bin Mohammed Al-Nahyan
(m. 1981) |
Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan | 1963 (age 60–61) |
Sheikha Shamsa bint Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Nahyan
(m. 1979) |
Hazza bin Zayed Al Nahyan | 1965 (age 58–59) |
Mozah Bint Mohammed Bin Butti Al Hamed
(m. 1981) |
Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan | 1968 (age 55–56)[citation needed] | Skilled Jiu-Jitsu practitioner[36][37] and son of Fatima bint Mubarak Al Ketbi. He works in the banking sector.[38] |
Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan | 20 November 1970 (age 53) |
Alia bint Mohammed bin Butti Al Hamed
(m. 1995) |
Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan | 30 April 1972 (age 52) |
Sheikha Alyazia bint Saif Al Nahyan
(m. 1988) |
Al Yazia bint Zayed Al Nahyan | 1968 (age 55–56) | Daughter of Fatima bint Mubarak Al Ketbi[39] |
Shamma bint Zayed Al Nahyan | 1967 (age 56–57) | Daughter of Fatima bint Mubarak Al Ketbi[39] |
Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan | 1968 (age 55–56) | Deputy Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates |
Hamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan | 1971 (age 52–53)[40] | Chief of Abu Dhabi Crown Prince's Court[41] |
Omar bin Zayed Al Nahyan | Son of Mouza bint Suhail Al Khaili Second Deputy President of Baniyas Sports Club[42] | |
Khalid bin Zayed Al Nahyan | Founder and Chairman of Bin Zayed Group[43] | |
Ahmed bin Zayed Al Nahyan | March 26, 2010 (aged 40–41) | Son of Mouza bint Suhail Al Khaili |
Shamsa bint Zayed Al Nahyan[citation needed] | ||
Afra bint Zayed Al Nahyan | Daughter of Mouza bint Suhail Al Khaili[citation needed] | |
Issa bin Zayed Al Nahyan | Real estate developer | |
Nasser bin Zayed Al Nahyan | June 2, 2008 (aged 38–39) | Former chairman of the Abu Dhabi planning and economy department |
Rawdha bint Zayed Al Nahyan[citation needed] | ||
Dana Amari bint Zayed Al Nahyan[citation needed] | ||
Saeed bin Zayed Al Nahyan | (born 1980)[contradictory] | |
Falah bin Zayed Al Nahyan | 7 November 1970 (age 53) | |
Nahyan bin Zayed Al Nahyan[citation needed] | ||
Dhiyab bin Zayed Al Nahyan[citation needed] | ||
Latifa bint Zayed Al Nahyan[citation needed] | ||
Mouza bint Zayed Al Nahyan[citation needed] | ||
Wadeema bint Zayed Al Nahyan[citation needed] | ||
Sheikha bint Zayed Al Nahyan[citation needed] |
Ancestry
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See also
- Champions of the Earth, 2005 award by United Nations Environment Programme
- Sheikh Zayed City (a district in Greater Cairo named after his name)
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External links
- Farewell Arabia (1968) – Zayed and the Oil Industry in Abu Dhabi
- Sheikh Zayed's website
- CooperativeResearch – Zayid bin Sultan Al Nahyan
- Official UAE tribute to Sheikh Zayed
- Sheikh Zayed lecture theatre, in the London School of Economics