Seated portrait of Wilfred Thesiger ... Frame:black

Seated portrait of Wilfred Thesiger ... Frame:blackSeated portrait of Wilfred Thesiger with the Imam of Oman's representative in Al Muwaiji near Al Muwaiji Fort in Al Ain oasis. The Imam of Oman's representative, who accompanied Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party from 'Izz to Al Muwaiji, kneels on the left, holding a holding a rifle and camel stick. He is scratching his cheek with his thumb and wears a khanjar (dagger) on a cartridge belt over his thobe (shirt) and a white headscarf. Wilfred Thesiger

In the foreground a hooded peregrine falcon perches on a carved wooden wakir (block) next to a large pile of blankets and saddlery gear lying in the sand

alongside Thesiger stands his Nuer interpreter Malo

View of a party of people including Wilfred Gilbert Thesiger [father of Wilfred Patrick Thesiger]

View of a group of women sitting in front of the stone building at Suq al Sabt market below Jabal Mana'

Six people stand in a line in the sand

View of a group of men performing a dance at a circumcision ceremony in An Namas

known as the Kumbum

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party in Liwa oasis

View of boats moored in the creek in Dubai

In the right foreground four men stand on a small dhow (sailboat) moored in Dubai Creek

and buffalo or wildebeest grazing on Amboseli plain in the foreground

and further right beached dhows line the shore in front of buildings in the Shindagha district