Dhiyab bin Isa
Dhiyab bin Isa bin Nahyan Al Nahyan ( Arabic ذياب بن عيسى بن نهيان آل نهيان, DMG Ḏiyāb b. Eesa ibn Nahyan Al Nahyan ) was 1761 to 1793 the Sheikh of Abu Dhabi and the founder of Al-Abu-Falah - dynasty , which ruled until today Abu Dhabi. He was the leader of the Bani-Yas Tribal Alliance.
A hunting party sent by him, which set out from the Liwa oasis on the edge of the Rub al-Chali , chased a gazelle in 1761, which led it to an island in the Persian Gulf , where it found a source of fresh water. This gazelle gave Abu Dhabi its name, which translated means something like father of the gazelle . Around 1791 Dhiyab ordered his son Shachbut to move to the island and build a village and a fort ( Qasr Al Hosn ) there.
Dhiyab I. | Chessbut I. | Muhammad | Chessbut II | Tahnun I. | Chalifa I. | Sultan I. | Isa | Dhiyab II. | Sa'id | Zayed bin Chalifa | Tahnun II. | Hamdan | Sultan II. | Saqr | Chessbut III. | Zayid II. | Chalifa II
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| SURNAME | Dhiyab bin Isa |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dhiyab bin Isa bin Nahyan Al Nahyan (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Sheikh of Abu Dhabi |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 18th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 18th century |