View of two members of ... George Dixon Aked

View of two members of ... George Dixon AkedView of two members of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting party men preparing coffee in the Al Khatam sands near Al Ain. On the right an Arab falconer from Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting party sits in the sand holding a pot. He wears a ghutra (headscarf) and a thobe (long shirt) topped with a cartridge belt and leather suspenders. On the right another man, wearing a thobe and a taqiyah cap, sits beside a fire looking into a

not long after Wilfred Thesiger met him

Four men work on the boom from wooden platforms that hang off its side

Scattered patches of grass grow on the dry ground

On the left Salim bin Ghabaisha

In the foreground a large plant grows in a patch of bare sand

The woman on the left holds a water skin in her hands

The camel faces towards the left (only its head and neck are visible)

Along the aisles market stalls sit out of sight behind closed and padlocked wooden doors

View of townspeople walking on the street in front of Qasr Ibrahim fort in the town of Al Hofuf in Al Hasa Oasis

Further beyond domed circular huts with straw roofs fill the distance

In the background a mosque and minaret sits along the left side of the street

and snow-covered mountains in the distance