Photo, Print, Drawing Shaykh Zayed with Others at Defence Force Display.
About this Item
Title
- Shaykh Zayed with Others at Defence Force Display.
Summary
- This 1962 photograph shows Shaykh Zayed bin Sultan Al-Nahyan (1918--2004), his brother, Shaykh Khalid, and foreign advisers watching a display of the Abu Dhabi defense forces. Shaykh Zayed, the youngest son of Shaykh Sultan bin Zayed bin Khalifa Al-Nahyan, became the ruler of Abu Dhabi in 1966. Abu Dhabi was at that time one of the Trucial States, so-named in reference to the 19th-century truce between Great Britain and the local shaykhs who were the hereditary rulers of territories bordering Saudi Arabia on the west and Oman on the south. These states became fully independent in 1971, and Shaykh Zayed played a key role in the formation of the United Arab Emirates, a federation of seven emirates that formerly comprised the Trucial States. The photograph is from the Colonel Edward "Tug" Bearby Wilson Collection in the National Library, Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage, and was taken by Wilson. Colonel Tug Wilson (1921--2009) was a British army officer who, in the 1960s, was seconded to the government of Abu Dhabi to help build the national defense force. He was a personal friend of Shaykh Zayed, with whom he shared interests in falconry and horseback riding.
Names
- Wilson, Edward B., Colonel, 1921-2009 Photographer.
Created / Published
- [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1962.
Headings
- - United Arab Emirates--Abu Dhabi Emirate
- - 1962
- - Armies
- - Government officials
- - Khalid, Shaykh
- - Kings and rulers
- - Men
- - Soldiers
- - Zāyid ibn Sulṭān Āl Nahayyān, 1918-2004
Notes
- - Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
- - Original resource at: Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage.
- - Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.
Medium
- 1 online resource.
Source Collection
- Colonel Edward "Tug" Bearby Wilson Collection
Digital Id
Library of Congress Control Number
- 2021669972
Online Format
- compressed data
- image