UAE | Government
Funeral to be held on Thursday
The funeral of Shaikh Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum will take place in Bur Dubai on Thursday morning.
- WAM
- Published: 00:00 January 4, 2006
The funeral of Shaikh Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum will take place on Thursday morning.
The ceremony will be held at the Umm Hurair cemetery in Bur Dubai.
The funeral prayer will be read at the Zaabeel mosque in Dubai at midday.
Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Ruler of Dubai, will accept condolences alongside Shaikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, deputy ruler of Dubai and Minister of Finance and Industry, and the Maktoum Family, at the palace of Shaikh Mohammad in Zaabeel for three days, beginning from Thursday.
Shaikh Maktoum's body is due to arrive back in Dubai from Australia on Thursday morning.
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