Mourners pay tribute to Sheikh Hazza bin Sultan

Sheikh Hazza's death mourned by sheikhs and senior officials

Sheikh Saif bin Zayed, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, receives a mourner on the death of Sheikh Hazza bin Sultan bin Zayed, at Al Mushrif Palace. Hamad Al Kaabi / Presidential Court

Sheikh Theyab bin Mohamed, Chairman of the Office of Development and Martyrs' Families Affairs at the Presidential Court, attends condolences on the death of Sheikh Hazza, at Al Mushrif Palace. Ryan Carter / Presidential Court

Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed, Crown Prince of Dubai, offers condolences to Sheikh Nahyan bin Zayed, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Charitable and Humanitarian Foundation, on the death of Sheikh Hazza, at Mushrif Palace. Ryan Carter / Presidential Court

Sheikh Hamdan and Sheikh Nahyan arrive at condolences on the death of Sheikh Hazza, at Al Mushrif Palace. Abdulla Al Neyadi / Presidential Court

Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed, Ruler’s Representative in Al Dhafra Region, receives mourners on the death of Sheikh Hazza, at Al Mushrif Palace. Abdulla Al Neyadi / Presidential Court

Sheikh Zayed bin Hamdan attends condolences on the death of Sheikh Hazza, at Al Mushrif Palace. Ryan Carter / Presidential Court

Dr Anwar Gargash, diplomatic adviser to the President, attends condolences on the death of Sheikh Hazza, at Al Mushrif Palace. Ryan Carter / Presidential Court

UAE ruling families and high-ranking government ministers were among those who paid tribute to the late Sheikh Hazza bin Sultan bin Zayed on Saturday.

Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed, Crown Prince of Dubai, Sheikh Theyab bin Mohamed, Chairman of the Office of Development and Martyrs' Families Affairs at the Presidential Court, Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak, Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence, and Dr Anwar Gargash, diplomatic adviser to the President, were among those who attended condolences at Al Mushrif Palace in Abu Dhabi.

Sheikh Hazza died on Thursday.

The Presidential Court offered its condolences in a message carried by state news agency Wam.

“The Presidential Court extended heartfelt condolences and sympathies on the death of Sheikh Hazza bin Sultan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, praying to Allah Almighty to shower the deceased with His vast mercy, grant him eternal paradise and provide his family and relatives with patience and solace,” it said.