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Upper body portrait of an ... Frame:noneUpper body portrait of an elderly tribesman of the Rashid, one of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's Bedouin retainers, in Al Ain. The man sits in the sand, grasping a camel stick in his left hand. He is wearing a thobe (long shirt), and has a headscarf (ghutra) draped over his head. This image was taken during April 6 30, 1948, when Wilfred Thesiger stayed at Al Muwaiji fort in Al Ain as a guest of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan. Due to the

each holding rifle

View of the monolithic rock-hewn church of Giorgis at Lalibela

wearing Tibetan dress known as ringyen for New Year celebrations

View of a wadi dotted with sparse vegetation near the village of As Sayl al Kabir

A monk and a lay man are standing at the foot of the tower beside a ladder

He is leaning on a rifle and camel stick with both hands

and a ridge of high

View of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin travelling party pausing in a wadi near Mudayy

In the foreground two men stand in the tide beside with their donkey

reclines in the sand

View of a square watchtower erected alongside farmers' fields in the region between the Tamniyah mountains and Al 'Abis village

in the further distance