Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Pakistan

Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan PakistanPortrait of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan of the ruling family of Abu Dhabi. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were archived by the Pitt Rivers Museum.

In the foreground an oarsman rows a covered abra filled with passengers

with donkeys carrying goatskins of water (brought from the Shatt al Arab) in the foreground

and holds a rifle

Seated half length portrait of a boy of the Rashid Bedouin taken by Wilfred Thesiger during his party's journey from Al Ain to Liwa oasis

In the distance the Potala

holding a saker falcon on his left arm

The market at Abha with Al Shada Palace in the background

In the centre left foreground a man in a waistcoat and thobe (long shirt)

wrapped in the goatskin cloak traditionally worn at the time of circumcision

Small birds that he has shot with blunted arrows hang down the back of his neck

holding a rifle in his right hand

with a large number of hunting trophies (from the Western Nuer District) laid out and arranged for the camera