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Zayed was the youngest of four sons of Sheikh Sultan bin Zayed bin Khalifa Al Nahyan. His birth date is also reported to be in 1916. His father was the ruler of Abu Dhabi from 1922 until his assassination in 1926. Zayed was the youngest of his four brothers.His mother was Sheikha Salama bint Butti Al Qubaisi.She extracted a promise from her sons not to use violence against each other, a promise which they kept. Sheikh Zayed was named after his grandfather, Sheikh Zayed bin Khalifa Al Nahyan ("Zayed the Great"), who ruled the emirate from 1855 to 1909.At the time of Sheikh Zayed's birth, the sheikhdom of Abu Dhabi was one of seven trucial states along the lower coast of the Persian gulf He also showed interest in falconry