The ruler of Dubai pledged allegiance to Mohammed bin Zayed as head of the UAE

According to IRNA today (Saturday) quoting Al-Ain news website, Mohammad bin Rashid Al Maktoum posted an ode on Twitter on the occasion of the death of Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the President of the UAE, which contains verses in allegiance to the ruling Muhammad bin Zayed. The Emirate of Abu Dhabi was the President of the UAE.

Muhammad ibn Rashid al-Maktoum also published a picture of himself with Sheikh Muhammad ibn Zayed al-Nahyan, the ruler of Abu Dhabi, along with this ode.

Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the ruler of Abu Dhabi and the head of the UAE government, passed away yesterday (Friday), and the country declared a three-day holiday and 40 days of public mourning in the UAE.

Khalifa bin Zayed was the eldest son of Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the founder of the UAE government and his crown prince, who ruled Abu Dhabi after the death of his father, and was elected President of the UAE on November 3, 2004.

Born in 1948 in the Al-Sharqiya region of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, he completed his basic education in Al-Ain.