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{{Short description|Emir of Abu Dhabi in the late 18th and early 19th centuries}}
{{Family name hatnote|lang=Arabic|[[Al Nahyan]]}}
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| name = Shakhbut bin Dhiyab Al Nahyan
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| issue = [[Muhammad bin Shakhbut Al Nahyan]]<br>[[Tahnun bin Shakhbut Al Nahyan]]<br>[[Khalifa bin Shakhbut Al Nahyan]]<br>Sultan bin Shakhbut Al Nahyan<br>Hilal bin Shakhbut Al Nahyan<br>Yafoor bin Shakhbut Al Nahyan<br>
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| succession = Ruler of Abu Dhabi
| reign = 1793–1816
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| predecessor = [[Dhiyab bin Isa Al Nahyan]]
| successor = [[Mohammed bin Shakhbut]] (1st rule)
[[Tahnun bin Shakhbut Al Nahyan]] (2nd rule)
| father = [[Dhiyab bin Isa Al Nahyan]]
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| birth_place = [[Liwa Oasis]] (now [[Emirate of Abu Dhabi]], UAE) {{citation needed|date=September 2016}}
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| house = [[Al Nahyan family]]
| religion = Islam
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Sheikh '''Shakhbut bin Dhiyab Al Nahyan''' ({{Langx|ar|شخبوط بن ذياب بن عيسى آل نهيان}}) was the Ruler of the [[Emirate of Abu Dhabi]] from 1793 to 1816,<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=History of the Indian Navy (1613-1863) Vol 1|last=Low|first=Charles Rathbone|authorlink=Charles Rathbone Low|date=1992|publisher=Archive Editions|isbn=1852073365|location=[Farnham Common, Slough, England]|pages=16|oclc=47007671}}</ref> now part of the [[United Arab Emirates|United Arab Emirates (UAE)]].
==Political career==
Sheikh Shakhbut was the eldest<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1GaJDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA43|title = The Political Culture of Leadership in the United Arab Emirates|isbn = 9780230603493|last1 = Rugh|first1 = A.|date = 5 March 2007}}</ref> son (or brother) of Sheikh [[Dhiyab bin Isa Al Nahyan]] who was the leader of the [[Bani Yas]] tribal confederation.
In 1761 Shakhbut's father, Dhiyab bin Isa, sent a hunting party from [[Liwa Oasis|Liwa]] which tracked a [[gazelle]] to a [[brack water|brackish]] spring on the island.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Trucial States|last=Donald.|first=Hawley|date=1970|publisher=Allen & Unwin|isbn=0049530054|location=London|pages=335|oclc=152680}}</ref> According to legend, the gazelle became the symbol of Abu Dhabi, and gave it its name (literally ''Father of the Gazelle''). In 1793, Dhiyab ordered Shakbut to move to the island; he did, and built a village and fort there near a freshwater spring.<ref name="UAE museum: Qasr Al Hosn in Abu Dhabi">{{cite web | url=http://gulfnews.com/life-style/culture/uae-museum-qasr-al-hosn-in-abu-dhabi-1.100253 | title=UAE museum: Qasr Al Hosn in Abu Dhabi | publisher=Gulf News | date=2 November 2008 | access-date=February 12, 2015 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150212104127/http://gulfnews.com/life-style/culture/uae-museum-qasr-al-hosn-in-abu-dhabi-1.100253 | archive-date=12 February 2015 }}</ref> The fort, ''[[Qasr al-Hosn]]'', became the palace of the sheikhs.<ref name="UAE museum: Qasr Al Hosn in Abu Dhabi" /> It housed the Centre for Documentation and Research for several years, and is now a museum.<ref name="Dubaifaqs">{{cite web | url=http://www.dubaifaqs.com/abu-dhabi-authority-for-culture-and-heritage.php | title=Dubaifaqs | publisher=Dubaifaqs | date=22 April 2014 | access-date=February 12, 2015}}</ref> By Shakhbut's reign, Abu Dhabi had expanded to some 400 houses.<ref name=":0" />
==Successors==
He was followed by his sons [[Mohammed bin Shakhbut]] (ruled 1816–1818), [[Tahnun bin Shakhbut Al Nahyan|Tahnun bin Shakhbut]] (ruled 1818–1833), [[Khalifa bin Shakhbut Al Nahyan]] (ruled 1833–1845), but co-ruled throughout all their reigns.<ref name=":0" /> Hilal and Yafoor are identified as his sons in the 1845 ''Memoranda on the Tribes of the Arabian Shores of the Persian Gulf'' of Lieutenant AB Kembal, Assistant Resident at Bushire.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Arabian Gulf Intelligence|publisher=Oleander|year=1985|isbn=9781909349964|pages=103}}</ref>
==Legacy==
He has been described as legendary, and having a notable amount of sons.<ref>{{cite web|title=SHEIKH SHAKHBUT AND THE GREAT DECLINE|url=http://www.christopherdavidson.net/files/ADOAB_chapter2.pdf|access-date=8 July 2016|language=en}}</ref> He was deposed by his son.<ref name=":0" />
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| title = [[List of rulers of separate Emirates of the United Arab Emirates|Ruler of Abu Dhabi]]
| years = 1793–1816
| before = Sheikh [[Dhiyab bin Isa Al Nahyan|Dhiyab bin Isa]]
| after = Sheikh [[Muhammad bin Shakhbut Al Nahyan|Muhammad bin Shakhbut]]
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