Pictures: Sheikh Rashid, the father of Dubai

Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum (1912-1990)

Sheikh Rashid Bin Ahmad Al Mualla with Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum and Sheikh Saqr Bin Mohammad Al Qasimi.

Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan with Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum at Al Bahar Palace in Abu Dhabi

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Sheikh Eisa Bin Salman Al Khalifa, Emir of Bahrain with Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan and Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum

Ramesh Shukla takes a picture of the Late Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum inaugurating the Dubai museum in May 1971

Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum with Sheikh Sultan Bin Mohammad Al Qasimi

Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum with Sultan of Oman.

Sheikh Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum greets his father Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum while returning from his private visit to Pakistan

Sheikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum with Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum

Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum with Sheikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum

Queen Elizabeth II with Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum at the inauguration of Dubai World Trade Centre during her visit to Dubai in February, 1979

Robert Muldoon, Prime Minister of New Zealand during the opening of the United Kalpara Dairies Milk products factory in Dubai. Also in the picture are His Highness Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum, UAE Vice-President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai (left) and Mr. Abdulla Hamad Al-Futtaim, Chairman of UKDL (right) and local and foreign business executives who attended the ceremon

Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Passing Out Parade Dubai Police

Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Inauguration of Desalination Plant at Jebel Ali

1972. Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan, President of the UAE and Ruler of Abu Dhabi with Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Vice-President of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai at the session of the first Federal National Council.

Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, with British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (the first British prime minister in office to visit the country) as she reviews the guard of honour on her arrival in Abu Dhabi. The flag is that of the Emiri Guards.

Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, with Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India. Sheikh Rashid hosted a banquet in her honour at the Guest Palace in Dubai.

1972. Members of the first Cabinet converge to establish rules and set foundations for political and socio-economic structure of the UAE. Seen in the picture are from left to right : Sheikh Khalid Bin Mohammad Al Nahyan, Ruler of Sharjah; Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Vice-President of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai; Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan, President of the UAE and Ruler of Abu Dhabi; Sheikh Rashid Bin Ahmad Al Mualla, Crown Prince and Deputy Ruler of Umm Al Quwain.