Sheikh Rashid, Ruler of Dubai, looks at a Land Rover on a trip to the UK in June, 1959. Crown Copyright Images
Sheikh Zayed, the Late President, on a visit to New York in April, 1957. Courtesy National Archives
A letter proposing Rabat as a possible model for a future Abu Dhabi city. Crown Copyright Images
Improvement works at Dubai harbour in 1959/1960. Note the wind towers in the houses along the waterfront. Crown Copyright Images
The document from 1969 describes the completion of an underwater oil storage tank and transporting it to the offshore Fateh oil field. Crown Copyright Images
An aerial photo taken by the British RAF of Das Island during the 1930s. Crown Copyright Images
Sheikh Rashid, Ruler of Dubai, looks at a Land Rover on a trip to the UK in June, 1959. Crown Copyright Images
Sheikh Zayed, the Late President, on a visit to New York in April, 1957. Courtesy National Archives
A letter proposing Rabat as a possible model for a future Abu Dhabi city. Crown Copyright Images
Improvement works at Dubai harbour in 1959/1960. Note the wind towers in the houses along the waterfront. Crown Copyright Images
The document from 1969 describes the completion of an underwater oil storage tank and transporting it to the offshore Fateh oil field. Crown Copyright Images
An aerial photo taken by the British RAF of Das Island during the 1930s. Crown Copyright Images
Sheikh Rashid, Ruler of Dubai, looks at a Land Rover on a trip to the UK in June, 1959. Crown Copyright Images