View of sailors preparing to ... Frame:white

View of sailors preparing to ... Frame:whiteView of sailors preparing to hoist sails on a dhow (sailboat) travelling through the Persian Gulf from Dubai to Bahrain Island. A group of sailors stand in two lines on either side of a thick rope. Just behind them a sail is tied to a yard hanging above, and further behind another sail fills with wind. This image was taken during Wilfred Thesiger's May 18 28, 1948 journey by dhow from Dubai to Bahrain Island. Due to the nature of these images, prints

third from right

Exterior view of the mudhif (guest house) belonging to Thamir bin Hamuda of the Al Hasan tribe

The nearest boom flies three sails

The man is cutting up camel meat

In the background a tall square building made of stone sits next to the street

The boy is likely from the local 'Amara tribe

heavily loaded dhow (sailboat) are beached in the sand

A middle-aged Bedouin man with a trim white beard sits in the sand

some drinking water from pots

facing towards the right

and is turned towards the falconer

He wears a patterned ghutra (headscarf) topped with an 'agal (head rope)