Who is the caliph?
Report on Friday’s death of Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Emir of Abu Dhabi (controls 80% of the country’s oil reserves) published WAM agency. “The Ministry of Presidential Affairs announces the death of H.H. Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the leader and protector of the nation, to the people of the UAE, the Arab and Islamic nations, and the entire world. He passed away today, Friday, 13 May,” reads the message.
Sheikh was 73 years old. The cause of death was not disclosed, but it is known that in 2014, Al Nahyan suffered a stroke and underwent major surgery. After that, he was rarely seen in public. The country was originally ruled by his younger brother, Mohammed bin Zayed An-Nahyan, who was the crown prince of the Emirate, capital of Abu Dhabi.
Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan became President of the United Arab Emirates in the fall of 2004. He succeeded his father, Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan al-Nahyan, in this role. The latter were the founders of the United Arab Emirates and their first president since 1971.
Sheikh Khalifa is survived by a wife, Shamse bin Suheil Al Mazrui, and eight children: Sultan, Mohammed, Shamma, Salama, Osha, Sheikh, Latifa and Muza.
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what does he have
Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan is one of the richest people in the world. family wealth in 2009 evaluated With 150 billion dollars, Al Nahyan took the second place in the “World’s richest monarchs” list since 2007.
sheikh found Ranked #43 on Forbes’ “World’s Most Influential People” list. Nahyan managed one of the largest state wealth funds, controlling $830 billion in reported assets and 97.8 billion barrels of oil reserves.
Former President of UAE audited mutual fund Abu Dhabi Investment Authority. According to various estimates, the capitalization of the enterprise reaches 875 billion dollars.
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The monarch owned real estate all over the world. Hundreds of villas, palaces, castles. There are 140 properties in London alone. The most luxurious is the 18th-century Ascot Place mansion near Windsor Great Park in London, next to the residence of the Queen of England. Khalifa bought it for $22.6 million in 1989 and after the purchase installed tanks on the territory of the mansion, where Evian mineral water was delivered from the French Alps. It is beaten from the fountains and poured into the pool. He was found in this residence only once and spent half a day there.
Another mansion in the capital of Great Britain – Ham Gate – was bought in 1980 for $ 6.3 million. Once, in 2013, a party was held at the residence in honor of the arrival of the Caliph in the UK. On this occasion, the buildings adjacent to the mansion were also purchased to host guests for one night only.
Tittenhurst Park Pass
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In 1988, Al Nahyan bought Tittinghurst Park, originally owned by John Lennon.
Al Nahyan lived permanently in Abu Dhabi. The luxurious presidential palace, Qasr Al Watan, with a total value of $500 million, is located here, and the building houses the UAE Supreme Council. Nearby are Kar al-Mushrif and Al-Batin palace.
The Sheikh never visited some of their homes. For example, his villa in Spain, which, according to various estimates, costs between $20 and $30 million, is brought up daily – bed linen and toiletries are changed here. But for more than 20 years, the emir has never visited the grand mansion: all the kitchen appliances are still there, wrapped in cellophane.
Khalifa owned the world’s largest motor yacht Azzam. He also asked him to build it at the German shipyard Lürssen in 2013. Its length is 180 m, these are two football fields or 12 wagons.
The construction of the steel giant took 28 months and the cost was 620 million dollars. The annual maintenance of the superyacht is 60 million dollars. There is a helipad, a submarine on board and it can accommodate 36 people at the same time. And the volume of fuel tanks is such that it is possible to travel around the world without refueling.
Yacht Azzam
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for dessert
The tallest building in the world is named after the Caliph. We are talking about the 163-floor “Burj Khalifa” tower located in Dubai. Such a gift was given to the President of the UAE three weeks before his 62nd birthday.
Khalifa ibn Zayed Al Nahyan has received numerous awards from foreign countries. Including the Knight of the Order of Friendship of Kazakhstan and the Order of Yaroslav the Wise Prince of Ukraine of the first degree.
Skyscraper “Burj Khalifa” in Dubai
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The caliph also made generous donations. For example, in 2008 the UAE came to the aid of the debtor government of Seychelles, listing $ 30 million True, there is such a version: allegedly, the emir built an eight-story palace with a problematic sewer system in Seychelles several years ago. The drainage from there flooded local reservoirs. Tens of millions of dollars were sent to meet the social needs of the islands.
Source: Gazeta
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