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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

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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

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Entrance to Al Fahidi Fort in Dubai, 10 May to 18 May 1948

View of a man standing in front of a gate at Al Fahidi Fort in the Bastakiya quarter of old Dubai. A man stands in front of a large wooden door reinforced with bands of iron barbs. The door is set into a high gate topped with ramparts. Along the side of the gate and at the bottom of the wall the coral from which the wall is built is exposed.

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Boats in Dubai Creek, 10 May to 18 May 1948

View of dhows (sailboats) moored in Dubai Creek. In the foreground a young man sits on the wooden skeleton of a scavenged dhow. In the creek behind large and small dhows are moored in the water. In the far background houses line the far side of the creek.
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Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum in Dubai, 10 May to 18 May 1948

Standing full length portrait of Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum, son of Sheikh Saeed Bin Maktoum Al Maktoum, in front of a rock wall in Dubai. This image was taken during Wilfred Thesiger's stay in Sharjah and Dubai.

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A boom under sail between Dubai and Bahrain, 18 May to 28 May 1948

Side view of a boom, a large double masted dhow (sailboat), in the Arabian Gulf between Dubai Emirate and Bahrain Island. The boom flies three sails, the first from the bow, the second from the main mast, and the third from the rear mast. The ocean surrounding the boom is flat and calm, and above the sky is empty of clouds. This image was taken during Wilfred Thesiger’s journey by dhow from Dubai to Bahrain Island.
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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