Seated portrait of one of ... Iraq

Seated portrait of one of ... IraqSeated portrait of one of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's retainers in Al Ain. The man half kneels in sandy ground, leaning against a rifle under his right arm. He wears a thobe (long shirt) with a headscarf (ghutra) topped with thin black aghal (head ropes). Behind the man is a flat plain of rocky sand, almost bare of vegetation. This image was taken during April 6 30, 1948, when Wilfred Thesiger stayed at Al Muwaiji fort in Al Ain as a guest of

stand leaning on their rifles in an area of flat sand dotted with tufts of grass

followed closely by a small group of riders

In the centre two men stand side by side

In the far right foreground a man stands next to a large rope pulley

View of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's party standing below high dunes in the sands of the 'Uruq ash Shaybah

Portrait of traders at a suq (market) in the city of Ad Dali'

with a man sitting in a boat the foreground

which is covered by a wood frame made from tree branches

The falconer carries a hooded falcon on a mangalah (cuff) on his near arm

Portrait of a youth (named Lawi Leboyare)

Half-length group portrait of a young Sheikh Mubarak bin Mohammed Al Nahyan standing with two of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's retainers in Al Ain

Men on horseback