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NA.0042.00000808

Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan with Sheikh Mohamed Bin Hamad Al Sharqi attending the UAE Rulers Council conference in Dubai, 10 July 1971

Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan with Sheikh Mohamed Bin Hamad Al Sharqi outside the meeting hall while attending the UAE Rulers Council conference in Dubai

NA.0042.00000687

Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan raising flag of the United Arab Emirates in Dubai, 2 December 1971

Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan attending the raising of the Nation’s flag following the proclamation of the Union of the United Arab Emirates at Al Diafah Palace in Jumeirah in Dubai

NA.0042.00001220

Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum and Donald Hawley with Saif Bin Khalfan, 1960/1961

Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum and Sir Donald Hawley with Saif Bin Khalfan at an event in Dubai

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Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum with Sir Julian Bullard and Mahdi Al Tajir, 1969

Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum signing a document with Julian Bullard on his left in the presence of Mahdi Al Tajir (Advisor to Sheikh Rashid and first UAE Ambassador to UK after the Union in 1971), Dubai

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Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum with Donald Hawley, 28 July 1960

Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum with Donald Hawley at the inauguration of the first telephone system in Dubai by Sheikh Rashid, Dubai

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Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum's accession ceremony with Sheikh Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Donald Hawley, Sir Bernard Burrows, Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum and Sheikh Ahmed Bin Rashid Al Mu'alla, 4 October 1958

A ceremony in Shindagha, Dubai to mark the accession of Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum as Ruler following the death of Sheikh Saeed Bin Maktoum Al Maktoum on 10th September, 1958, with (left to right): Sheikh Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Donald Hawley, Sir Bernard Burrows, Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum and Sheikh Ahmed Bin Rashid Al Mu'alla, Dubai

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Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum with Sir Donald Hawley and Ali Al Bustani, Undated

Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum with Sir Donald Hawley, Political Agent in Dubai from 1958 to 1961, and Ali Al Bustani who was attached to the British Political Agency and Advisor to Sheikh Rashid and Secretary-General of Dubai Municipality from 1957 to 1961, next to the first grader presented by the British Government for Dubai development

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Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan with President Jaafar Al Nimeiri, 26 April 1972

Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan and the Sudanese President Jaafar Al Nimeiri, at their arrival in the emirate of Dubai

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Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan and Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum with President Jaafar Al Nimeiri, 26 April 1972

Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan and the Sudanese President Jaafar Al Nimeiri during their visit to the Emirate of Dubai and being welcomed by Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum

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Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan with President Jaafar Al Nimeiri, 26 April 1972

Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan and the Sudanese President Jaafar Al Nimeiri upon their arrival in Dubai being welcomed by Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum

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Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan with President Jaafar Al Nimeiri, 26 April 1972

Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan acknowledging the crowd with the Sudanese President Jaafar Al Nimeiri upon his arrival in Dubai

NA.0042.00000886

Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan and Prince Fahd Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud, 11 November 1975

Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan and Prince Fahd Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud, Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia in Dubai

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