Seated portrait of Sahail bin ... Size:medium

Seated portrait of Sahail bin ... Size:mediumSeated portrait of Sahail bin Tahi, a tribesman of the Mudairiba lineage of Rashid Bedouin and one of Wilfred Thesiger's guides, during the party's journey from Al Ain to Liwa oasis (likely in the region of Al Humrah sands). Sahail bin Tahi kneels in sand with his knees together and his hands folded in his lap. He has a large grey beard and wears a plain ghutra (headscarf) and a patterned wraparound skirt. Behind him another member of the party is

Standing full length portrait of a Qara tribesman in the Jabal Qara mountains near Kismim Pass

Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions trek in a line across a flat expanse of wind-rippled sand

and holds a piece of a plant in his right hand

Just behind the men

they are celebrating the festival of Eid at the end of Ramadan

The main gate into the walled city is on the left

while the rider looks back over his shoulder into the foreground

Oarsmen wait beside a line of abra at a ferry launch on Dubai Creek

In the foreground rocks lie in the sand

and a camel stick in his other hand

In the background trees and bushes grow in the sand around the well

A young Arab man wearing a plain ghutra (headscarf) and a thobe (long shirt) kneels in sand with his knees turned towards the left and his upper body facing forward