Half-length seated portrait of one ... Frame:noneHalf length seated portrait of one of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's Bedouin retainers in Al Ain. The man wears suit jacket over his thobe (long shirt). He also wears a headscarf (ghutra) topped with black aghal (head ropes) and a khanjar (dagger). 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 Al Muwaiji fort in Al Ain as a guest of Sheikh
and are clustered around a square watchtower
In the far background a large flock of sheep or goats crosses the sandy plain in the distance
They see to be bowing in greeting or farewell
The boy stands facing forward
Each man wears a ghutra (headscarf) hanging down from his head onto his shoulders and a light coloured thobe (long shirt)
The mounted falconer second from the right is likely Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan
All the men wear thobes (long shirts) and headscarves (ghutra)
View of a woman building a house
View of Wilfred Thesiger's sailing companions sitting on the deck of a sailboat (dhow) in the Abu Dhabi islands
Fort at Najran with towers on the corners and ornamental stonework on top of the walls
View of a woman tying a saddle on to a camel
Muhammad and his sons hosted Wilfred Thesiger's party at their encampment for a number of days in December 1946 during Wilfred Thesiger's first crossing of the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali)
