His Highness

S H E I K H Z A Y E D ?? 70x100cm Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan (Arabic: ٱلـشَّـيْـخ زَايِـد بِـن سُـلْـطَـان آل نَـهْـيَـان‎, translit. Ash-Shaykh Zāyed bin Sulṭān Āl Nahyān); 6 May 1918 – 2 November 2004) was the Ruler of Abu Dhabi for more than 30 years (6 August 1966[2] – 2 November 2004). He was the founding father and the principal driving force behind the formation of the United Arab Emirates, becoming the Union's first President, a post which he held for a period of almost 33 years (1971 until his death in 2004). He is popularly referred to in the UAE as the Father of the Nation.