What the records say
- When
- 22 Aug 1922
- Kind
- Coup
- Coordinates
- 24.28° N, 54.22° E
- Description
- coup in the United Arab Emirates
1922 Dhabyani coup d'état
Coup in the United Arab Emirates
In 1922 Sheikh Sultan Al Nahyan, with a coalition of his brothers Hazza and Saqr staged a palace coup in Abu Dhabi killing their brother Hamdan, the ruling emir at the time, and crowned Sultan in his place.
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