Celebrating the anniversary of the founding of the Saudi state in 1727, a close-up picture from the side of a Saudi Gulf Arab man wearing a ghutra, a bisht, and a protective glove carrying a helmet-covered falcon on his hand at sunset, pride in owning birds of prey, the status of falcons in Saudi history, Founding Day, February 22
![Celebrating the anniversary of the founding of the Saudi state in 1727, a close-up picture from the side of a Saudi Gulf Arab man wearing a ghutra, a bisht, and a protective glove carrying a helmet-covered falcon on his hand at sunset, pride in owning birds of prey, the status of falcons in Saudi history, Founding Day, February 22](https://cdn.arabsstock.com/uploads/images/107952/image-107952-showing-importance-role-falcons-history-saudi-arabia-pass-thumbnail.webp)