Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan - The Important Meeting
Time: Sunday Feb 18, 1968
Place: United Arab Emirates
Details: In a seminal meeting on 18 February 1968 at a desert highland on the border between Dubai and Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Zayed and Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum of Dubai shook hands on the principle of founding a Federation and attempting to invite other trucial rulers to join in order that a viable nation be formed in the wake of the British withdrawal.
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