View of Sheikh Saqr bin ... Africa 2

View of Sheikh Saqr bin ... Africa 2View of Sheikh Saqr bin Mohammed Al Qasimi's fort in the town of Ras Al Khaimah. In the right foreground a palm grows on a large sand flat. In the distance beyond a man and a group of children walk across a gravel plain towards the foreground. Behind them Sheikh Saqr bin Mohammed Al Qasimi's fort sits in the central distance, while further beyond the Ru'us Al Jibal mountains rise in the far distance. On the far left 'arish huts and enclosures made

This image was taken during Wilfred Thesiger's May 10-18

In the distance behind the falconer tufts of qassis (sedge) and other vegetation grow on a sand flat below a sky streaked with sparse clouds

a young boy wears a large check patterned headscarf

He is the uncle of Salim bin Kabina

silk banners

Portrait of a boy of the Bani Hilal

A man with a trim moustache stands against a wall

The hair appears to be twisted at the top before being plaited further down its length

with the camel (named Ghazala) which he rode during his second crossing of the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali)

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party loading up their camels at Mughshin Oasis

the second son of Jasim bin Faris

in all respects