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Al Nahyan (آل نهيان Āl Nahyān) is one of the six ruling families of the United Arab Emirates, and are based in the capital Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Al Nahyan is a branch of the House of Al-Falahi (Āl Bū Falāḥ), a branch of the Bani Yas tribe, and are related to the House of Al-Falasi, from which the ruling family of Dubai, Al Maktoum, descends.

Notable members of the Al Nahyan family include:

• Sheikh Dhiyab bin Isa Al Nahayan, ruler of Abu Dhabi
  • Sheikh Shakhbut bin Dhiyab Al Nahayan, ruler of Abu Dhabi
    • Sheikh Muhammad bin Shakhbut Al Nahayan, ruler of Abu Dhabi from 1816 to 1818
    • Sheikh Tahnun bin Shakhbut Al Nahyan, ruler of Abu Dhabi from 1818 to 1833
      • Sheikh Said bin Tahnun Al Nahayan, ruler of Abu Dhabi
    • Sheikh Sultan bin Shakhbut Al Nahyan
    • Sheikh Khalifa bin Shakhbut Al Nahayan, ruler of Abu Dhabi from 1833 to 1845
      • Sheikh Zayed bin Khalifa Al Nahyan, Zayed grandfather, ruler of Abu Dhabi from 1855-1909
        • Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahayan
        • Sheikh Tahnun bin Zayed Al Nahyan, ruler of Abu Dhabi
        • Sheikh Said bin Zayed Al Nahayan
        • Sheikh Saqr bin Zayed Al Nahyan, ruler of Abu Dhabi
        • Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, ruler of Abu Dhabi
        • Sheikh Sultan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Zayed father, ruler of Abu Dhabi from 1922 to 1926.
        • Sheikh Muhammad bin Zayed Al Nahyan
        • Sheikh Hazza bin Zayed Al Nahyan

• Sheikh Ashraf Bin Abdul Al Nahyan,(Born 1995) Owner of the full United Arab Emirates , Grandson of Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan

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• Sheikh Shakhbut bin Sultan Al Nahyan, Zayed brother
• Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan (1918-2004), founder of the United Arab Emirates.
  • His sons:
  • Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, present President of the United Arab Emirates.
  • Sheikh Issa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, a real estate developer.
  • General Sheikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces
  • Sheikh Sultan bin Zayed Al Nahyan – Deputy Prime Minister, UAE
  • Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan – Minister of Foreign Affairs
  • Sheikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan – Minister of Presidential Affairs
  • Lieutenant General Sheikh Saif Bin Zayed Al Nahyan – Minister of Interior
  • Sheikh Falah bin Zayed Al Nahyan
  • Sheikh Hazza bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, (born 1965) is a businessman and holds a PhD in Economics.
  • Sheikh Tahnoun bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, (born 1965) Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority
  • Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, (born 1963) Deputy Prime Minister, UAE
  • Sheikh Nasser bin Zayed Al Nahyan, (born 1967) - d. June 2, 2008 in a helicopter crash^[1]
  • Sheikh Ahmed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, (born 1968) - d. March 26, 2010 in ultralight aircraft crash^[2]
  • Sheikh Saeed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, (born 1966)

Offshoot

• Sheikh Hamdan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan — Minister of Public Works
• Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan — Minister of Higher Education
• Sheikh Hamad bin Hamdan Al Nahyan — Member of the Royal Family

Unknown relations

• Sheikh Dr. Ahmed bin Saif Al Nahyan

• List of Sunni Muslim dynasties
• List of rulers of separate Emirates of the United Arab Emirates

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