UAE Rulers' long history with falconry - in pictures
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UAE Founding Father, the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, practises falconry. Photo: Al Ittihad -
Sheikh Zayed during a hunting trip. Photo: Al Ittihad -
Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed, now UAE President, during a visit to Pakistan in the 1970s. Photo: National Archives -
Sheikh Zayed is among the leaders, including then Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Rashid, at a falconry conference in Abu Dhabi in 1976. Photo: Al Ittihad -
Sheikh Zayed supported the sport of falconry. Photo: Al Ittihad -
Sheikh Zayed with a falcon in Abu Dhabi. Photo: Al Ittihad -
Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed at a falconers' club in Abu Dhabi. Photo: National Archives -
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, shows a falcon to George W Bush, US president at the time, in 2008. Wam -
Sheikh Mohammed with Hollywood actor Tom Cruise in 2010. AFP -
Sheikh Zayed meets a falcon breeder in Abu Dhabi in 1976. Photo: Al Ittihad -
Sheikh Zayed during a hunting trip in Abu Dhabi. Photo: Al Ittihad -
Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed and Bahrain's King Hamad at a falcon hunt in 2018. Mohamed Al Hammadi / Crown Prince Court - Abu Dhabi -
Sheikh Mohamed and Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid at a meeting in Dubai in 2017. Ryan Carter / Crown Prince Court - Abu Dhabi -
Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed, Crown Prince of Dubai, during a hunting trip in Uzbekistan. Photo: Twitter -
Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Presidential Court, at the opening of the Abu Dhabi International Hunting and Equestrian Exhibition in 2004. AFP
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