Sheikha
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Salama bint Butti Al Qubaisi () was the wife of
Sheikh
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Sultan bin Zayed bin Khalifa Al Nahyan, Ruler of the
Emirate of Abu Dhabi
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from 1922, and the mother of Sheikhs
Shakhbut (who ruled Abu Dhabi from 1928 to 1966) and
Zayed (who ruled Abu Dhabi from 1966 to 2004, and was the president of the
United Arab Emirates
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from 1971 to 2004). Other children include
Hazza bin Sultan, who was the Ruler's Representative of the
Western Region of the Emirate, and died in 1958.
Life and family
Salamah is believed to be from the family of Al Qubaisi,
a prominent
Bedouin
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tribe from Liwa, who also settled
Khor Al Adaid. Salamah herself was from Mezairaa in
Liwa.
After the assassination of her husband in 1927, she took Zayed from
Abu Dhabi
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to
Al Ain
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, and made her sons swear an oath that they would not kill or fight against each other.
In early 1955, her sons Zayed, Hazza and Shakhbut, who was the Ruler of Abu Dhabi at the time, helped to arrange her to return to Abu Dhabi on board a
Gulf Air
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plane.
She is stated to have died in October 1970, while Zayed was the Ruler.
See also
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Sheikha Salama Mosque, named after her
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Qasr al-Hosn, residence
References
External links
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سلامة بنت بطي بن خادم بن نهيمان القبيسي (Arabic)
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Mothers of monarchs