Seated half length portrait of ... Iran

Seated half length portrait of ... IranSeated half length portrait of one of Wilfred Thesiger's sailing companions on the deck of a dhow (sailboat) in the Abu Dhabi islands. The young man from Abu Dhabi sits by the side of a sailboat with his arms crossed tightly around his chest. He wears a thobe (ankle length shirt) and a ragged headscarf. Behind him the sea is is calm and flat. This image was taken during Wilfred Thesiger's week and a half long sailing trip around the Abu Dhabi Islands

In the foreground traders stand with their cattle

View of a rock-strewn wadi bed in the region north of the town of Al-Saum

One of the men adjusts the camel's saddle while the other watches

Wilfred Thesiger's party making camp

Buildings at Seiyun

Further beyond a man stands in the far right distance

The plain is bordered by 'arish huts and enclosures made from palm fronds

Wilfred Thesiger's party in the Wadi al Jiz' near its junction with Wadi Mahrat

a boy and a teenager of the Sa'ar Bedouin sitting on the ground in the Raydat as Say'ar

View of buildings at Qaflat al Jahili

In the foreground a wide expanse of bare

built on First Mesa