Upper body portrait of one ... Type:stretched canvasUpper body portrait of one of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's Bedouin retainers in Al Ain. The man, a tribesman of the Rashid Bedouin, sits in the sand, looking into the far right distance. He is wearing a thobe (long shirt) and a headscarf (ghutra), and has a khanjar (dagger) tucked into his belt. 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
stands holding the head rope of his camel
He is cradling a bag
In the background the rest of the party is travelling across a plain
A large building at seiyun
View of small scattered vegetation growing in front of a dune in the Ramlat as Sahmah
Behind the men is a two storey watchtower
Beside him a dhow covered with a cloth shade canopy is docked along the shore
Each man leads a tethered baggage camel behind their own mount
In the foreground six men are gathered around a dead camel
migrating from summer pastures in the mountains to the plains around Mosul
Two men stand in the foreground
In the far distance a date palm grove grows behind the settlement
