Close up portrait of a ... IraqClose up portrait of a thoroughbred Omani camel in the Al Khatam sands near Al Ain. A saddled thoroughbred Omani camel belonging to Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan is couched in the sand facing forward. Its mouth is slightly open and the tuft of hair on its neck is blown to the right by the wind. This image was taken between December 20, 1948, and January 27, 1949, during which time Wilfred Thesiger stayed with Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan in
with a man sitting behind her
In the background two storey buildings fronted with wooden canopies line the square
Water fills the foreground
1948 journey by dhow from Dubai to Bahrain Island
a third man (Salim bin Ghabaisha
Portrait of a recently circumcised Samburu boy wearing a black goat skin and ostrich feathers and small bird skins attached to his headband
Their camels are chewing twigs from the bush
Group portrait of Arab children in the city of Abha
A saddled thoroughbred Omani camel belonging to Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan is couched in the sand facing forward
View of Wilfred Thesiger's expedition party setting out from the Awash Station at the start of his 1933-4 Awash expedition
Three men and a young boy sit close together in the sand
Portrait of Salim bin Ghabaisha and Thesiger
