Shakhbut bin Dhiyab Al Nahyan
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Shakhbut bin Dhiyab was the Sheikh of Abu Dhabi (1793–1816).
Shakbut's father, Dhiyab bin Isa, had sent a hunting party from Liwa in 1761 which tracked a gazelle to a brackish spring on the island. Dhiyab ordered Shakbut to move to the island in 1793; he did, and built a village and fort there. The fort, Al Husn, became the palace of the sheikhs. It housed the Centre for Documentation and Research for several years, and is now being developed into a museum.
He was followed by his sons Mohammed bin Shakhbut (ruled 1816-1818) Tahnun bin Shakhbut (ruled 1818-1833) Khalifa bin Shakhbut Al Nahayan (ruled 1833-1845), but co-ruled throughout all their reigns.
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