Half length portrait of a ... Images of Wilfred Thesiger

Half length portrait of a ... Images of Wilfred ThesigerHalf length portrait of a tribesman of the Junuba Bedouin, possibly a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, at Al Muwaiji Fort in Al Ain oasis. The man sits facing towards the right, his head turned towards the foreground. He wears a plain thobe (shirt) topped with a cartridge belt and a headscarf topped with an 'agal (head rope). He holds a carpet on his lap. In the distance beyond Al Muwaiji Fort is visible across a vast expanse of flat

On the far left 'arish huts and enclosures made from palm fronds border the flat

haul water from a well

All of the villagers wear long shirts and headscarves

Portrait of a peregrine falcon sitting on a falconer's arm in the Al Ain / Buraimi oasis

Behind the crowd large stone buildings

Portrait of a man from the Bin Maaruf lineage of Sa'ar Bedouin sitting on the ground at Manwakh well

a sheikh of the Junuba

each holding a rifle in their right hand

View of the Mekong River at Louangphrabang (Luang Prabang)

Square tower houses with small windows sit behind enclosed courtyards

A hooded peregrine falcon perches on a carved wooden wakir (block) staked in the sand

sheikh of the Bayt Ghuwas lineage of Bayt Kathir Bedouin