Tahnun am chessbut

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Tahnun bin Schachbut bin Dhiyab bin Isa Al Nahyan ( Arabic طحنون بن شخبوط بن ذياب بن عيسى آل نهيان, DMG Ṭaḥnūn b. Šaḫbūṭ b. Ḏiyāb b. ʿIsā Āl Nahyān ; † April 1833 ) was Sheikh of Abu Dhabi from 1818 to 1833 . He was the victim of an assassination attempt by his brothers Chalifa and Sultan , who subsequently took over rule together until 1845.

Individual evidence

  1. Frauke Heard-Bey: From Trucial States to United Arab Emirates. A Society in Transition . Longman Publishing, London 1982, ISBN 0-582-78032-2 , p. 49 and www.worldstatesmen.org