Some consider him handsome and an athlete, and some consider him crazy. After watching one video from his Instagram, I was very surprised - how can the heir risk himself like that? However, he does this all the time.

He is only one of thirteen children and not the oldest, but in early February 2008 he was announced as the Prince of Dubai. His name is Hamdan ibn Mohammed Al Maktoum. Athlete, poet and just an extreme sports enthusiast. He has 4.6 million subscribers on Instagram. Some consider him a darling of fate, and some envy him.

In general, I became interested in his personality after flying on such a device. It's called "Jetman" and is the brainchild of a Swiss pilot-inventor.

Here's a video of Hamdan flying around the city on a jet wing.

Today he is 34 years old and he definitely has a fun life. He has official positions such as Chairman of the Dubai City Executive Council, Head of hedge fund HN Capital LLP, President newest university named after him - Hamdan Bin Mohammed Smart University.

The prince has many hobbies. It's enough for everything at once. If you look at his photos, you can see that he loves to skydive, hunt with a falcon and even dive with a speargun. He has exotic animals at home. In the photo you can see white tigers, lions and camels. He is also a horse breeder and owns breeding stallions that often win races.

Quadcopter and sports car racing.

It seems that extreme sports is his main hobby.

Luxury is only a small part of his life. Hamdan travels constantly and sometimes on his yacht. Stops at the most best hotels and ends up in the most colorful places on the planet.

His passion for photography attracts a huge audience.

Everything you need for a good photo:
- Good topic
- Good lens
- And a little patience

With friends

The prince is incredibly rich, and still does not have a wife. Generally all aspects privacy royal family hidden from a wider audience.

On falconry.

The prince's favorite brand is Mercedes-Benz G-Class

In such a car he moves across the sands

Hamdan himself is well educated, because... studied first at the Dubai Government School, and later in the UK at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.

However, he constantly participates in charity events and tries to help those in need.
He sponsors hospitals and helps disabled people and sick children.

On a water hoverboard

With animals

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In addition to beautiful cars, the prince also prefers to ride horses.

This is probably one of the most popular photos.

In training

There are a lot of photographs from spearfishing.

Hunting takes place with the help of an underwater gun.

Sometimes I consider him similar to the actor Eric Bana, known for the films: Black Hawk, Hulk, Troy.

Instagram Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum

Dubai, one of the key emirates in the UAE, is in mourning. Sheikh Rashid ibn Mohammed al-Maktoum, the eldest son of Mohammed ibn Rashid al-Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai, and concurrently the second most influential person in the United Arab Emirates, prime minister, vice president and minister of defense of the country, has died. Sheikh Rashid died of a heart attack, less than a month and a half shy of his 34th birthday. His younger brother and Crown Prince Hamdan wrote: “Today I lost my best friend and a childhood friend, dear brother Rashida. We will miss you." Lenta.ru tried to figure out what made the eldest son of the Dubai emir famous.

British standard

Little is known about Rashid’s childhood and youth: at that time there was no Instagram yet, and the Arab emirs and their heirs had not yet acquired the habit of posting scenes for everyone to see rich life with geotags.

Rashid is the eldest son of the emir from his eldest and main wife Hind bint Maktoum and, accordingly, the stepson of the emir's second wife - Jordanian princess Haya bint al-Hussein. The children of Mohammed and Hind, according to the memoirs of brother Rashid Hamdan, were brought up in the spirit of traditional values.

In Dubai, the heir graduated from a school for boys named after Sheikh Rashid - education there was conducted according to English model. After which his father sent Rashid to Great Britain - to the royal military academy at Sandhurst, where Arab sheikhs traditionally send their children (the current emir of Qatar, the king of Bahrain, and the sultans of Brunei and Oman graduated from it).

Disinherited

Rashid ibn Mohammed was preparing to become his father's successor: the emir introduced him to state affairs and entrusted him with control over various economic projects. But on February 1, 2008, everything suddenly changed: Rashid’s younger brother, the second son of Sheikh Mohammed, Hamdan, was appointed Crown Prince of Dubai. His younger brother Maktoum received the post of Deputy Ruler of Dubai. The emir's eldest son officially abdicated the throne, and moreover, there was no place for him among the leadership of the emirate.

This step, however, can only be called unexpected: diplomats and Arabic experts, long before the emir’s decree, noticed that Hamdan was increasingly appearing in front of cameras next to his father and that the emirate’s press was writing about him more and more often. What happened, why was Rashid out of work?

The publication of WikiLeaks documents brought some clarity to this issue. Among the released cables is a telegram from the US Consul General in Dubai, David Williams, in which he reports on the change in the order of succession and the reasons for it. Without disclosing his sources, Williams reported that Rashid killed one of the workers in the emir's palace, this angered the sheikh, and he revised the line of succession.

Solace in sports

The PR campaign in the emirate and around the world bore fruit: the new Crown Prince Hamdan quickly became a darling of the press. A diver and paratrooper, a falconer who keeps a menagerie of lions and white tigers, a snowboarder and a poet who writes under the pseudonym Fazza. An excellent rider, multiple winner of equestrian competitions, owner of expensive cars and yachts - Hamdan ibn Mohammed willingly demonstrates all this luxury on his Instagram account. Hamdan is known as a philanthropist and philanthropist, generously distributing donations to the disabled and sick children, and also as one of the most eligible bachelors in the world. Admiring fans gave him the nickname “Aladdin”.

Against this background, his older brother Rashid looked rather pale (especially considering the difference in their capital - less than two billion dollars for Rashid versus 18 billion for Hamdan), and he does not have an Instagram account. Although it cannot be said that the press did not spoil him with their attention. Since 2005, he has consistently been included in the "20 Sexiest" list for five years in a row. Arab men”, in 2010, Esquire magazine recognized him as “one of the 20 most enviable royals,” and a year later, Forbes included him in the twenty “most desirable royals.”

Having lost his right to the throne, Rashid ibn Mohammed focused on sports. The entire Al Maktoum family is famous for its love of horses, and Rashid is no exception. He owned the Zabeel Racing International racing corporation and won numerous competitions both in the UAE and abroad. In total he won 428 medals. Vertex sporting achievements Rashid ibn Mohammed - two gold medals at the 2006 Doha Asian Games. From 2008 to 2010, Rashid was even the president of the UAE Olympic Committee, but left this post, as he explained, due to lack of time.

Scandal in a noble family

Arab sheikhs try not to make their internal affairs public, but sometimes, when the traditional values ​​of oil emirs collide with European realities, leaks occur. This is what happened with Rashid.

In 2011, a black employee from the staff of the British palace of Emir Olantunji Faleye appealed to the British court. He claimed that he was discriminated against on racial and religious grounds: members of the sheikh's family addressed him as "al-abd al-aswad" - "black slave", and repeatedly insulted Christianity (Faleye is an Anglican), calling him "bad, low and disgusting faith,” convincing his “black slave” to convert to Islam.

During the hearings, another service employee, Ejil Mohammed Ali, was summoned as a witness to the court, who, among other things, said under oath that Sheikh Rashid was a drug addict, most recently completed course rehabilitation.

However, it is unlikely that such scandals can shake the reputation of the Royal House of Dubai, which invests millions of dollars in its PR in the media and social networks. Judging by the number of responses on Rashid's Facebook page, many people, including from the poorest countries in the world, perceive the death of the eldest son of the Dubai emir as a personal tragedy.

Being one of 13 children, and not the eldest, on February 1, 2008 Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum was nevertheless announced Crown Prince of Dubai. The devilishly attractive prince instantly became the object of media attention, and his personal Instagram has not thousands, but millions of subscribers. So who is he, the chosen one of fate?

Hamdan is 34 years old today, and his life is definitely not boring and far from idle. In addition to the official positions that a newly-crowned crown prince is entitled to (chairman of the Executive Council of the City of Dubai, head of the hedge fund HN Capital LLP, head of the Young Entrepreneurs Support League and president of the university), Hamdan has many hobbies to which he devotes his free time.

The Crown Prince manages to practice falconry, cycling, attends horse racing, diving, parachuting, and even writes poetry under the pseudonym Fazza. And at home, on his magnificent estate, not only his family, but also exotic pets, among which there are camels, white tigers and lions. Hamdan also owns several thoroughbred stallions that regularly win races.

Of course, the Crown Prince is no stranger to the desire for luxury - he often travels around incredible beautiful places planet, stays only in the best hotels, and also travels on his own yacht or in one of his many expensive cars. Not only is the prince fabulously rich, he is also very attractive and is still unmarried, which makes him one of the most eligible bachelors on the planet. Moreover, Hamdan is known for his excellent education and desire to help those in need - the prince devotes a lot of time to charity, helping sick children, the disabled and sponsoring hospitals.

The most eligible groom Arab world!

Even today, in this century space travel and universal equality, many girls still dream of a fairy-tale prince on a white horse. One can understand the dreamers, because the object of their nightly dreams is quite real. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum, heir to the throne of Dubai, meets all conceivable and inconceivable requirements for an ideal groom.

A romantic and kind soul, Hamdan is handsome, smart and monstrously rich. And the 35-year-old prince is still not married and has been at the top of the list of the most eligible bachelors in the Arab world for many years now!

The man's father, Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, is actually rules Dubai since 1995. It was thanks to his decisions that this city became a tourist Mecca and the pearl of the Middle East.

Hamdan loves and honors his parent. In all interviews, Al Maktoum Jr. states: “I still continue to learn from my father”.

The sheikh himself cannot be called a representative of the golden youth. The man has nine sisters and six brothers, including the eldest, but heir to the throne It was Hamdan who became Dubai.

Since 2008 Arabian prince takes an active part in the governance of the emirate, without missing a single important meeting.

Al Maktoum Jr. has his hands full: in addition to sitting on the Dubai Executive Council and managing the local investment fund Hamdan also leads the Sports Committee and coordinates the activities of the autism research center. Of course, this is far from full list organizations and events in which the prince takes part.

Hamdan copes with all his responsibilities with a bang, because he received the best education in the world. At home, the aristocrat graduated from the Dubai Government School and then went to the UK.

There he studied at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, where the English Prince Harry once sat at his desk. And finally, the heir to the throne of Dubai took specialized courses at the London School of Economics.

Hard work for the good of his homeland rarely leaves the prince the opportunity to find time for a hobby. And Hamdan has a lot of them! The handsome Arab loves to travel, loves to play football and takes great photos.

But most of all the man likes horse riding. The heir to the throne of Dubai is a professional rider who has repeatedly won prizes in international competitions.

However, horses are not the only ones among the prince’s favorite animals. Like most Arab sheikhs, Hamdan adores big cats, especially tigers and lions. Moreover, the man breeds camels. Al Maktoum Jr. spent $3 million on one of the most valuable specimens!

“The passion for horse riding is in my blood”, - admits the heir to the throne. Hamdan often takes part in team competitions together with his many relatives. For example, at the 2006 Summer Asian Games, the UAE team, of which the sheikh was part, chose gold!

IN European countries, where Al Maktoum Jr. often comes to state affairs, the man usually rides a bicycle. In general, Hamdan tries to spend as much time as possible move.

The prince does not allow himself to relax, taking everything from life. Falconry, photo safaris, parachuting, scuba diving: it seems that the Arab aristocrat has tried every single type of extreme entertainment!

With all this, Hamdan cannot be called an arrogant proud person or a self-centered hedonist. The prince donates a lot to charity, communicates with disabled and sick people and is ready to help anyone who needs his advice. Al Maktoum Jr. always emphasized that the ruler must be close to his people.

Numerous fans of Hamdan are especially pleased with the evidence of subtle, romantic nature prince. In rare free moments, the man writes poems about his homeland, love and horses, which he later posts on the Internet under a pseudonym. Al Maktoum Jr. does not consider himself a great poet, but his fans are still delighted with his work!

Alas, nothing will happen to the admirers of the heir to the Dubai throne. Hamdan’s personal life is a closely guarded secret, but the prince once mentioned that engaged since birth with the heiress of another Arab ruling house.

Arranged marriages are common among aristocrats. But if European nobles often go against fate, choosing commoners as life partners, then in the East everything is much stricter.

We have previously written about the most desirable brides and grooms in the world. No wonder Hamdan is number one on this list!

Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum - full name crown prince, eligible bachelor planet, billionaire and just handsome man. How does an Arab prince live?

1. Sheikh is one of 13 children, has 6 brothers and 9 sisters. The heir's fortune is estimated at a tidy sum, just under 20 billion US dollars. Prince Hamdan was born to Prime Minister and Vice President Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum and his first wife. This young man is very popular because of his extraordinary image, close to ordinary people.

2 Like many famous children of heirs, the sheikh was educated in Great Britain, lived for some time in London, after which he returned home, where responsibilities and affairs awaited him.

3. As befits a crown prince, he was prepared for the ruling post from childhood. So the young sheikh accepts the most active participation in the life of his country, regularly appearing at various congresses, to which he invariably puts on a kandura and arafat.

4. But, when the officialdom is over, the prince transforms into a simple, smiling guy who passionately loves Formula 1 and horses.

5. The Sheikh is confident in the saddle, which even led to his victory in the Olympic Games.

6. It is quite natural that, despite his European education, the prince is different from other crown princes of other countries! For example, his personal life is kept in the strictest confidence.

7. But you can often see him with small children - these are the sheikh’s nieces and nephews, with whom he willingly takes pictures. In addition, you can see Hamdan surrounded by tiger cubs, falcons and Arabian horses. In short, luxury worthy of the gods.

8. But despite his wealth, Hamdan does not forget about the poor and is involved in charity work, overseeing several relief funds.

9. It is known that he is engaged to a certain relative on his mother’s side. It should be noted that the bride is chosen by the parents, according to Arab traditions, so it is not surprising that the future of the prince has long been decided.

10. However, sheikhs are allowed to have as many wives as they want, but most likely this will also be the choice of his family, and not his romantic interest.

11. Now the prince holds the post of chairman of the Dubai Council, and he is also the president of the sports committee.

12. Hamdan’s versatile talents also extend to poetry. His Highness writes romantic poetry.

13. How well the prince stays in the saddle brought him first place in horseback riding.

14. The prince also breeds camels, which in itself is a rather expensive hobby.

15. It is logical that His Highness flies exclusively by private jet.

16. The prince's hobbies include scuba diving with an elephant.

17. In addition to supervision charitable foundations, the sheikh supports people with disabilities.

18. The white tiger cub is the prince’s favorite.

19. Hamdan also loves cars.

20. In number extreme species The sport that the sheikh practices is parachute jumping. In flight!

21. Mountaineering

22. Hunting with falcons

23. Hamdan is an excellent photographer, always ready to give advice to beginners in this business.

24. With a camera in hand

25. Diving is also the heir’s hobby.