Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan - The Abu Dhabi Fund For Arab Economic Development

Time: Thursday Jul 15, 1971

Place: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Details: At the time the British withdrew from the Persian Gulf in 1971, Zayed oversaw the establishment of the Abu Dhabi Fund for Arab Economic Development; some of its oil riches were channeled to some forty less fortunate Islamic nations in Asia and Africa during the decades that followed.

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