Abu Dhabi, Nov. 12th, 2006 (WAM)--As a show of respect to late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, founder of the UAE,in the second anniversary of his death, two new Arabic encyclopediason horses and camels, the largest ever, have been released bythe Documentation and Research Centre (DRC) at the Ministry ofPresidential Affairs.

The 5-volume Al 'Adiyat encyclopedia contains over 1,000 pagesof information about horses, their pedigrees, descriptions, breeding,treatment and nature etc..

The second encyclopedia, titled Al Maamoura, is of three volumesand about 1,000 pages in total, deals with a variety of subjectscomprising facts about camels, their pedigrees, methods of breeding,milk and other information.