By the early 1790s, the town of Abu Dhabi had become such an important pearling centre that the leader of the Bani Yas tribes, the sheikh of the Al Bu Falah (whose descendants, the Al Nahyan, are the present rulers of Abu Dhabi), moved there from the Liwa Oasis, some 150 kilometres to the south-west.
Ka ọ na-erule oge 1790s, obodo Abu Dhabi abụrụla nnukwu ụlọ mkpụrụ osisi dị mkpa nke na onye ndu nke ebo Bani Yas, onye-isi nke Al Bu Falah (ụmụ ya, ndị Al Nahyan, bụ ndị isi nke Abu Dhabi ugbu a), therefọdụ kilomita site na 150 gaa n'ebe ndịda ọdịda anyanwụ.