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NA.0042.00000855

Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan with King Fahd Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud, 1994

Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan receiving King Fahd Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia in Abu Dhabi

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Abu Dhabi Hospital, 1967

Abu Dhabi Hospital

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A patient's ward at a hospital in Abu Dhabi, 1967

The patients' ward in the newly-opened hospital in Abu Dhabi

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Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan at Abu Dhabi Hospital, 25 July 1974

Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan during his visit to the new Abu Dhabi Hospital in Abu Dhabi

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Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan at Al Jazeera Hospital, 1978

Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan during his visit to Al Jazeera Hospital, Abu Dhabi

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The British Political Agency in Abu Dhabi, 1958

The British Political Agency building on Abu Dhabi Island with the British flag flying on the flagpole near it

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Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan with His Royal Highness Charles, Prince of Wales, 21 February 2014

HH Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan’s meeting with His Royal Highness Charles, Prince of Wales, at Abu Dhabi International Airport

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Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan with Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, 1982

Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan receiving Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II after her arrival at Abu Dhabi International Airport

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Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan with a visiting cleric and school children, 19 February 1965

Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan with a visiting cleric after officially opening Abu Dhabi's first Roman Catholic Church, St. Joseph’s, surrounded by Abu Dhabi's first primary school children

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Sheikh Shakhbut Bin Sultan Al Nahyan, his uncle Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Bin Khalifa, Haji Williamson and others, 1936/37

Right to left: Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Bin Khalifa, uncle of Sheikh Shakhbut, Sheikh Shakhbut Bin Sultan Al Nahyan, Ruler of Abu Dhabi and Haji Williamson (an Englishman working with Petroleum Concessions Trucial Coast, the oil exploration company) surrounded by people of Abu Dhabi

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Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan with Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, 6 March 1997

Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan shaking hands with Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, after receiving the Gold Panda Award from the World Wildlife Fund for Nature in Al Wathba Palace, Abu Dhabi

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Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan with President Emile Lahoud, 18 April 2000

Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan meeting with the Lebanese President Emile Lahoud Abu Dhabi

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