The United Arab Emirates on Thursday bade farewell to Shaikh Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai, who died Wednesday and was laid to rest at Umm Hurair cemetery. UAE's President Shaikh khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan performed the funeral prayer for the soul of Shaikh Maktoum, WAM reported.
Also performing the prayer were the Supreme Council members and rulers of the emirates, Crown Princes, Deputy Rulers, heads of states and delegations from Arab and Islamic countries. The mourners were led by the new ruler, Shaikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the younger brother of Shaikh Maktoum, and they included King Abdullah II of Jordan, the crown princes of Qatar and Morocco, Kuwait’s deputy prime minister, Shaikh Nawwaf Al Ahmed Al Sabah, and the Duke of Gloucester, who represented Queen Elizabeth II of Britain.
Several thousand Emiratis, some crying, crowded around the Zabeel Mosque to pray for the soul of the late ruler, whose body lay inside the mosque.
