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Sheikh Hamad bin Hamdan Al Nahyan (also known as The Rainbow Sheikh) is a member of the Abu Dhabi Ruling Family in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
He has one of the largest car collections in the world at over 200 cars and trucks which are stored in a pyramid that he purpose built, outside Abu Dhabi](open to the public free of charge).
He constructed the world's largest truck; a replica of a classic Dodge Power Wagon, but eight times the original Power Wagon size This has four bedrooms inside the cabin. The vehicle also moves, and it weighs over 50 tonnes.
In 1983 he acquired seven Mercedes 500 SEL, one for each day of the week, which the firm Styling Garage in Germany painted in the colours of the rainbow complete with matching interior. The vehicles also included gun racks on the inside of the boot lid which held several M16 rifles. The guns were painted to match the cars. The cars are now on public view at the EMIRATES NATIONAL AUTO MUSEUM ENAM Museum outside Abu Dhabi.
Sheikh Hamad owns Futaisi Island, this has been handed down from father to son. It covers an area of 50 square kilometres (larger than Abu Dhabi central city). It was last given to Sheikh Hamad by his late father Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Nahyan, the past Prime Minister of Abu Dhabi Emirate, and cousin to Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan (1918-2004) the founder of the UAE. He recently had "HAMAD" carved into the island, which is just over one mile long, half a mile high, and the letters are dug so deep, they form waterways.
See the image on google maps.
*This article is licesned under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article for Hamad bin Hamdan Al Nahyan.
He has one of the largest car collections in the world at over 200 cars and trucks which are stored in a pyramid that he purpose built, outside Abu Dhabi](open to the public free of charge).
He constructed the world's largest truck; a replica of a classic Dodge Power Wagon, but eight times the original Power Wagon size This has four bedrooms inside the cabin. The vehicle also moves, and it weighs over 50 tonnes.
In 1983 he acquired seven Mercedes 500 SEL, one for each day of the week, which the firm Styling Garage in Germany painted in the colours of the rainbow complete with matching interior. The vehicles also included gun racks on the inside of the boot lid which held several M16 rifles. The guns were painted to match the cars. The cars are now on public view at the EMIRATES NATIONAL AUTO MUSEUM ENAM Museum outside Abu Dhabi.
Sheikh Hamad owns Futaisi Island, this has been handed down from father to son. It covers an area of 50 square kilometres (larger than Abu Dhabi central city). It was last given to Sheikh Hamad by his late father Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Nahyan, the past Prime Minister of Abu Dhabi Emirate, and cousin to Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan (1918-2004) the founder of the UAE. He recently had "HAMAD" carved into the island, which is just over one mile long, half a mile high, and the letters are dug so deep, they form waterways.
See the image on google maps.
*This article is licesned under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article for Hamad bin Hamdan Al Nahyan.
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