Seated portrait of two Manasir ... Frame:black

Seated portrait of two Manasir ... Frame:blackSeated portrait of two Manasir Bedouin men at their encampment in the Baynunah sands. Two elderly Manasir men with thick beards sit in front of a large bush. Each man wears a ghutra (headscarf) tied around his head and a light coloured thobe (long shirt). The man on the right also holds a camel stick. In the right background bags lie in the sand. This image was taken during Wilfred Thesiger's journey from Al Ain to Liwa oasis, Al Dhafra and Baynunah

The peregrine faces towards the near left

View of camels belonging to Wilfred Thesiger's party watering at a falaj (irrigation channel) at the southern end of Jabal Hafit

More men wait amongst the camels standing around the periphery of the well

In the background two storey buildings fronted with wooden canopies line the square

lead a pack of camels towards a distant salt flat (sabkha)

The offering of the Nechung Oracle can be seen on the right

In the distance five of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions ride across an expanse of sand

In the far background the mountain Jebel Hafeet (Jabal Hafit) sits along the far horizon

In the foreground a few tufts of vegetation grow on the river bed

Portrait of Nura sitting with two of her three children in front of a bush at the Habarut [Habrut] wells

holding one hand in front of his chin

Two younger boys are standing behind the two older boys in front