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From Tribal Federation to Petro-Power: How the Al Nahyan Brothers Shaped the UAE

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With hundreds of billions of pounds in family wealth and at least a trillion more under their control, Abu Dhabi’s Al Nahyan brothers are quite possibly the world’s richest siblings. As comfortable in California as in the palaces of the Middle East, they have helped turn the United Arab Emirates from what was a marginal tribal federation until independence from Britain in 1971 into a powerful petro-state and pivotal Western ally.

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The Telegraph broke the news in London, United Kingdom on Tuesday, December 9, 2025.
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