Tributes have been paid to UAE historian Peter Hellyer, who died on Sunday aged 75. The National
Mr Hellyer, pictured here in 2009, was a respected author, columnist and chronicler of the UAE's past. The National
Mr Hellyer and his family meet President Sheikh Mohamed, then serving as Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, in 2014. Photo: Crown Prince Court
Peter Hellyer with Sheikh Hazza bin Zayed, now Deputy Ruler of Abu Dhabi, in 2014. Photo: Crown Prince Court
Peter Hellyer began a decades-long association with the UAE in the 1970s. The National
Peter Hellyer meets Maj Gen Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster, at Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi in 2014. The National
Peter Hellyer attends an online lecture titled "Spirit of a Nation: Community of Many Faiths” in 2021. Photo: Ministry of Presidential Affairs
Peter Hellyer with Rania Hussein, head of the Archaeology Department at UAE University, and Associate Professor of Archaeology Dr Timothy Power in 2022. Pawan Singh / The National
