Portrait of a number of ... Size:largePortrait of a number of Wilfred Thesiger's sailing companions relaxing on the deck of a sailboat (dhow) in the Abu Dhabi islands. Four men sit near the stern of the sailboat on carpets that have been spread out across the deck. Two men stand on either side of the boat, holding on to the overhead awning frame. Behind them a long narrow flag flies from a post at the back of the awning. This image was taken during Wilfred Thesiger's week and a half long
Portrait of three Bayt Kathir Bedouin in the region between Hanun well and the north slopes of Jabal Qara
In the distance beyond Wilfred Thesiger's party ride their camels past trees and bushes across low sand dunes
In the near distance a large party of riders travels across a gravel plain towards low mountains in the far distance
while further along a small rowboat is tied alongside the stern
View of the wooden house owned by Lawi Leboyare which he and Wilfred Thesiger had built together
He wears a light coloured waistcoat over his thobe (long shirt) and has a ghutra (headscarf) tied high on his head
View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party resting under trees in the Bani Hilal tribal area near Jabal Sharif
In the far distance a ridge of sand dunes rise below a vast cloudless sky
In the foreground men from Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party
migrating from Lake Shiva above the Oxus valley back to winter pastures
wind-swept dunes rises in the distance beyond
the Emir of the Shahran tribes
