1926 Dhabyani coup d'état

1926 Dhabyani coup

Emirate of Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates
DateAugust 4, 1926
Location
Emirate of Abu Dhabi
24°17′N 54°13′E / 24.28°N 54.22°E / 24.28; 54.22
Result

Coup Successful

Saqr deposed in a counter coup in 1928
Belligerents
Abu Dhabi Junior Al Nahyan
Commanders and leaders
Sultan Al Nahyan †
Khalid Al Nahyan (WIA)		 Saqr Al Nahyan
Hazzan Al Nahyan
Units involved
Sultan loyalists Saqr loyalists

In 1926 Sheikh Saqr Al Nahyan, who had helped his brother, the then current emir of Abu Dhabi, Sultan Al Nahyan stage a coup in 1922, staged his own coup to take the throne for himself.

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