Dhiyab bin Isa Al Nahyan

Dhiyab bin Isa bin Nahyan Al Nahyan (Arabic ذياب بن عيسى بن نهيان آل نهيان, DMG Diyab b. ʿ ibn Iša Nahyan Al Nahyan ) was from 1761 to 1793, the sheikh of Abu Dhabi and the founder of the Al- Falah Abu- Dynasty which ruled until today Abu Dhabi. He was the leader of the Bani Yas tribe alliance.

A emitted by it hunting community, which broke from the Liwa oasis on the edge of the Rub al Khali, a gazelle pursued in 1761, which led to the Persian Gulf on an island, where they found a fresh water source. This gazelle gave Abu Dhabi the name that translates as means Father of gazelle. Around 1791, ordered his son Dhiyab Schachbut to draw to the island and to build a village and a fort there.

Dhiyab I. | Schachbut I. | Muhammad | Schachbut II | Tahnun I. | Khalifa I. | Sultan I. | Isa | Dhiyab II | Sa'id | Zayed Bin Khalifa | Tahnun II | Hamdan | Sultan II | Saqr | Schachbut III. | Zayed II | Khalifa II

  • Emir (Abu Dhabi )
  • Arab
  • Born in the 18th century
  • Died in the 18th century
  • Man
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