Saqr bin Zayed Al Nahyan was the Ruler of
Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi (, ; ar, أَبُو ظَبْيٍ ' ) is the capital and second-most populous city (after Dubai) of the United Arab Emirates. It is also the capital of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi and the centre of the Abu Dhabi Metropolitan Area.
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from 1926 to 1928. He was the half brother of
Sultan bin Zayed bin Khalifa Al Nahyan
Sheikh Sultan bin Zayed bin Khalifa Al Nahyan ( ar, ٱلشَّيْخ سُلْطَان بْن زَایِد بْن خَلِیْفَة آل نَهْيَان, Sulṭān bin Zāyid bin Khalīfah Āl Nahyān) was the ruler of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, ...
(Ruler of Abu Dhabi from 1922 to 1926), whom he shot and killed to become Ruler himself.
He was the uncle of
Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan
Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan ( ar, زَايِد بِن سُلْطَان آل نَهْيَان, Zāyed bin Sulṭān Āl Nahyān; 6 May 1918 – 2 November 2004) was an Emirati politician, statesman, and philanthropist who served as ...
and
Shakhbut bin Sultan Al Nahyan
Shakhbut bin Sultan Al Nahyan ( ar, 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 f ...
, his successor.
At the instigation of
Khalifah bin Zayed, an assassination attempt was made against him on New Year's Day 1928 by members of the
Al-Bu Shaar section of the
Al Manasir. This failed, but members of the Al-Bu Shaar later caught up with and killed him.
References
1928 deaths
House of Al Nahyan
Emirati politicians
Sheikhs of Abu Dhabi
Year of birth missing
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