Seated portrait of a Bedouin ... Frame:gold

Seated portrait of a Bedouin ... Frame:goldSeated portrait of a Bedouin tribesman in the Al Khatam sands near Al Ain. A Bedouin man with a thick beard half kneels in the sand, holding his rifle in both hands. He wears a cartridge belt over his light coloured thobe (long shirt) and a ghutra (headscarf) wrapped closely around his head. 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 Al Ain

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party resting beside a dune in the Ramlat ar Rabbad sands

Bottom row unknown

One man stands at a low point in the ridge with his two camels

The tree's top branches grow in the shape of an inverted triangle

This man is the son of Muhammad

In the far distance a number of one storey houses are visible

It has a ring round it which he shakes when he reaches his destination

A tribesman of the Duru Bedouin sits in the sand facing towards the right

Interior view of a large tent

In the foreground a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party stands in the party's camp

Half length portrait of a Bedouin boy

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party trekking in Liwa oasis