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Biography of Zayid bin Sultan Al-Nahyan, ShaykhName: Zayid bin Sultan Al-Nahyan, ShaykhBirth Date: 1923 Death Date: N/A Place of Birth: N/A Nationality: Gender: Male Occupations: ruler Zayid bin Sultan Al-Nahyan, Shaykh Shaykh Zayid bin Sultan Al-Nahyan (born 1923) served for 18 years as the governor of the Buraimi Oasis and for five years as the ruler of the emirate of Abu Dhabi, one of the Trucial States, before becoming president of the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.) upon its formation in 1971.Shaykh (Sheik) Zayid bin Sultan Al-Nahyan was the president of the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.), a federation of the seven former shaykhdoms, or states, of Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm al-Qaiwain, Fujairah, and Ras al-Khaimah (the states are sometimes called "trucial," from a truce made with Great Britain). The federation was formed in December 1971, on the day before Great Britain terminated all of its treaty relations in the Persian Gulf. On December 8, 1971, the U.A.E. joined the Arab League and it became a member of the United Nations.But even before the rise of the U.A.…showed first 150 words…
…showed last 150 words…it is also becoming increasingly legal-rational. Zayid is respected for his Bedouin (nomadic Arab) virtues of impressive generosity and strength of character; he has taken care to observe the conciliar ancient custom of tribal government, consulting with tribal notables and making himself accessible to ordinary people. Further Reading Additional information on Shaykh Zayid bin Sultan can be found in Wilfred Thesiger, Arabian Sands (1959); J.B. Kelly, Eastern Arabian Frontiers (1964); Frauk Heard-Bey, From Trucial States to United Arab Emirates (1982); Muhammad Morsy Abdullah, The United Arab Emirates: A Modern History (1978); Michael C. Hudson, Arab Politics: The Search for Legitimacy (1977); Rosemarie Said Zahlan, The Origins of the United Arab Emirates: A Political and Social History of the Trucial States (1978) and The Making of the Modern Gulf States (1989); and Ali Mohammed Khalifa, The United Arab Emirates: Unity in Fragmentation (1979). Information on the U.A.E. and Zayid can be found in the Enclopaedia Arabica |