Khalifa bin Zayed bin Khalifa Al Nahyan (Arabic: ٱلشَّيْخ خَلِیْفَة بِن زَایِد بِن خَلِیْفَة آل نَهْيَان, romanized: Ash-Shaykh Khalīfah bin Zāyid bin Khalīfah Āl Nahyān) was the eldest son of Abu Dhabi ruler Zayed bin Khalifa Al Nahyan.[1] He was brother of four Abu Dhabi rulers, Tahnoun, Hamdan, Saqr and Sultan. Khalifa refused to ascend the throne when his father died in 1909,[1] because his mother begged him to refuse, as she was sure he would be killed. He reportedly built Al-Muwaiji Fort in what is now the city of Al Ain during the early 20th century, during the reign of his father.[2]
| Khalifa bin Zayed bin Khalifa Al Nahyan | |
|---|---|
| Sheikh | |
| Born | c. 1856 |
| Issue | Mohammed |
| House | Al Nahyan |
| Father | Zayed I |
Khalifa's grandsons, Hamdan, Mubarak, Tahnoun and Saif, were the major supporters of Zayed bin Sultan when he became the ruler of Abu Dhabi in 1966.[3] They assumed various major public roles.[3] He is the great-grandfather of Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan.
References
edit- ^ a b Uzi Rabi (2006). "Oil Politics and Tribal Rulers in Eastern Arabia: The Reign of Shakhbut (1928–1966)". British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies. 33 (1): 39. doi:10.1080/13530190600603832. S2CID 145543142.
- ^ "Building History". Qasralmuwaiji.ae. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
- ^ a b Christopher M. Davidson (Spring 2006). "After Shaikh Zayed: the politics of succession in Abu Dhabi and the United Arab Emirates". Middle East Policy. XIII (1): 50. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4967.2006.00237.x.
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