Superb photographic collection of the rulers of the UAE, 1971-1974
[Photograph collection showing Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, etc.].
55 photographs, 5 in colour and 50 in black and white. Sizes ranging from 260 x 202 mm to 100 x 80 mm, most with captions in English or Arabic on the reverse.
€ 6.500,00
A photographic trove focusing on the ruling families and politicians who steered the formation and direction of the newly founded United Arab Emirates, including photographs of HH Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum (1912-90), HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Hamad Al Sharqi (1908-1974), and of course HH Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan of Abu Dhabi (1918-2004), founder of the Emirates. This series of over fifty photographs was taken in the crucial early days of the UAE, and comprise a fantastic collection of the royal families and key dignitaries of the United Arab Emirates from roughly 1971 to 1974.
Abu Dhabi and Dubai are particularly well represented, first through six photographs of HH Sheikh Zayed, who is seen deep in discussion with then-Defence Minister of the UAE, HH Sheikh Mohammad bin Rashid Al Maktoum (b. 1949) and current ruler of Dubai, and with HH Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum, a fellow founder of the UAE and ruler of Dubai in the 1970s. Zayed's cousin Hamdan bin Mohammad Al Nayhan also appears; his daughter, Salama bint Hamdan Al Nahyan, is married to Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, current ruler of Abu Dhabi and President of UAE.
The Dubai contingent includes three past and present rulers of Dubai, from the co-founder of the UAE, HH Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum, to HH Sheikh Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum (1943-2006) and HH Mohammad bin Rashid Al Maktoum, current ruler of Dubai (who appears only once, in his early role as Minister of Defence). Sheikhs Rashid and Maktoum appear in over fifteen photographs of political scenes: Rashid discusses a city works project with the Assistant Director of the Dubai Municipality, visits Dubai National Bank, and watches his heir Maktoum laugh at a banquet. Maktoum himself appears with Edward Heath, British Prime Minister from 1970 to 1974, and then-crown prince of Ajman, Sheikh Humaid bin Rashid Al Nuaimi III, current ruler of Ajman. Both father and son are seen with Ahmed bin Khalifa Al-Suwaidi, Personal Representative of Sheikh Zayed and the first UAE Minister of Foreign Affairs. Dubai is also the site of several oil-industry photographs, from a sample of the first crude brought into the city to Rashid's inspections of storage tanks under construction.
Larger photographs with some light edgewear or creasing; a few subtle ink marks or stains; quite well preserved.
