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{{Family name hatnote|lang=Arabic|[[Al Nahyan]]}}
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| name         = Dhiyab Bin Isa Al Nahyan
| title        = [[Sheikh]]
| image        = 
| caption      = 
| spouse       = 
| issue        = [[Shakhbut bin Dhiyab Al Nahyan]]
| full name    = Dhiyab Ibn Isa Ibn Nahyan
| styles       = 
| succession   = Sheikh of the Bani Yas
| reign        = 1761–1793
| reign-type   = 
| predecessor  = Isa Ibn Nahyan
| successor    = [[Shakhbut bin Dhiyab Al Nahyan]]
| succession1  = Ruler of [[Emirate of Abu Dhabi|Abu Dhabi]]
| reign1       = 1761–1793
| predecessor1 = ''position established''
| successor1   = [[Shakhbut bin Dhiyab Al Nahyan]]
| father       = [[Isa Ibn Nahyan]]
| mother       = Hazza Ibn Ketbi
| birth_date   = 
| birth_place  = [[Liwa Oasis]] (now [[Abu Dhabi emirate]], UAE)
| death_date   = 1793
| death_place  = 
| house        = [[Al Nahyan family]]
| religion     = [[Islam]]
}}

Sheikh '''Dhiyab ibn Isa Al Nahyan''' was the [[Sheikh]] of the [[Bani Yas]] of the [[Liwa Oasis]] ([[Abu Dhabi emirate]]) from 1761 to 1793<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf|last=Lorimer|first=John|publisher=British Government, Bombay|year=1915|pages=763}}</ref> and the founder of the [[Al Abu Falah dynasty|Al Bu Falah dynasty]], which still rules Abu Dhabi, the capital of the [[United Arab Emirates|United Arab Emirates (UAE)]],<ref name="World Statesman">{{cite web|title=United Arab Emirates|url=http://worldstatesmen.org/United_Arab_Emirates.html#Abu-Dhabi|website=worldstatesmen.org|access-date=8 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Gannon|first1=Mo|title=Key figures in the life of Qasr Al Hosn {{!}} The National|date=27 February 2013 |url=http://www.thenational.ae/news/uae-news/heritage/key-figures-in-the-life-of-qasr-al-hosn|access-date=8 July 2016}}</ref> today.

==Life==
Dhiyab ibn Isa, leader of the Bani Yas tribal confederation, sent a hunting party from [[Liwa Oasis|Liwa]] in 1761<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Trucial States|last=Donald.|first=Hawley|date=1970|publisher=Allen & Unwin|isbn=0049530054|location=London|pages=335|oclc=152680}}</ref> which tracked a [[gazelle]] to a brackish spring on the island. The gazelle became the symbol of Abu Dhabi, and gave it its name (literally ''Father of the Gazelle''). In 1793, Dhiyab ordered his son [[Shakhbut bin Dhiyab|Shakbut]] to move to the island. He did and then built a village of some 20 houses<ref name=":0" /> and a fort there.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Lienhardt|first1=Peter|last2=Al-Shahi|first2=Ahmed|title=Sheikhdoms of Eastern Arabia|date=2001|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|location=New York|isbn=9780333985274|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h4SHDAAAQBAJ}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Steven|first1=Jolandi|title=The Sheikhs of Abu Dhabi|url=https://dreaminginarabic.wordpress.com/the-sheikhs/the-sheikhs-of-abu-dhabi/|access-date=8 July 2016|date=22 September 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Press Kit - Qasr Al Hosn Festival 2016|url=http://qasralhosnfestival.ae/en/media/press-kit/|website=qasralhosnfestival.ae|access-date=8 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160501020633/http://qasralhosnfestival.ae/en/media/press-kit/|archive-date=1 May 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The village expanded quickly, and within two years there were 400 houses on the island, which quickly became the capital of the Bani Yas.<ref>{{Cite book|title=From Trucial States to United Arab Emirates : a society in transition|last=Heard-Bey|first=Frauke|date=2005|publisher=Motivate|isbn=1860631673|location=London|pages=44|oclc=64689681}}</ref>

In 1793 Dhiyab visited Abu Dhabi in order to tell a branch of the [[House of Al Falahi|Al Bu Falah]] led by his cousin Hazza bin Zayed bin Muhammad bin Falah to stop stirring up trouble with a neighbouring tribe. Hazza, who was in Bahrain at the time, returned and killed Dhiyab during an argument between them. The Bani Yas elders supported Dhiyab’s son, Shakhbut, and Hazza went into exile after his supporters were defeated.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Morton |first1=M.Q. |title=Keepers of the Golden Shore |date=February 2016 |publisher=Reaktion Books |isbn=978-1780235806 |page=42}}</ref> Dhiyab's son Shakhbut acceded as sheikh.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HenL2RXSYMQC&q=diab|title=Abu Dhabi: Oil and Beyond|last=Davidson|first=Christopher M.|date=2011|publisher=Hurst|isbn=9781849041539|language=en}}</ref>

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