View of a sabkha, salt ... Thesiger Collection

View of a sabkha, salt ... Thesiger CollectionView of a sabkha, salt flat, dotted with haran, salt bush, in the Ramlat as Sahmah. In the background a large dune is visible along the horizon. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were archived by the Pitt Rivers Museum.

Group portrait of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan (second from left)

In the foreground small tents and donkeys

the houses sometimes reaching a height of three stor[ey]s

Behind the man are a few large high dunes

or crowfoot (ranunculus aquatilis)

pouring coffee into a small cup in Jizan

In the background trees and bushes grow in the sand behind a ridge

In the background the stepped watchtower of Al Jahili fort sits on the slope of a dune

Portrait of a boy at the market at Umm Al Khashab

In the far background Jabal Hafit (Jebel Hafeet) mountain rises high above the plain

standing on low sand dunes in the Wadi Hawshi

Two small dhows sit alongside a moored boom