Half length portrait of a ... Size:large

Half length portrait of a ... Size:largeHalf length portrait of a man at Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's Al Muwaiji fort in Al Ain. A man wearing a headscarf (ghutra) topped with a thick agal (head rope) and a thobe (long shirt) stands in front of Al Muwaiji fort. The handle of a khanjar (dagger) is visible above his waist. The adobe walls of Al Muwaiji for can be seen in the background behind him. This image was taken during April 6 30, 1948, when Wilfred Thesiger stayed at Al Muwaiji

then the home of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party trekking along a mountain path in the mountainous region between the town of Ad Dhafir and Jabal Baydan

Two boys kneel side by side facing forward with their heads turned to the right

Portrait a man

In the foreground an Arab boy stands in the midst of a market crowd

low rolling downs fill the distance to the far horizon

Behind him a camel wearing a hood is pulling on the arm of the sesame press

In the distance beyond bushes grow across a vast plain of rolling sands

Behind them

One of Wilfred Thesiger's Rashid Bedouin companions stands on the slope of a sand dune next to a clump of qassis (sedge)

In the centre men are butchering a camel at Mughshin Oasis

holding the muzzle of his rifle with both hands