Portrait of a saker (hurr) ... Iran

Portrait of a saker (hurr) ... IranPortrait of a saker (hurr) falcon belonging to Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting party in the sands surrounding Al Ain. A saker falcon perches on a mangalah (cuff) on on a falconer's arm (only the man's arm and knee are inside the frame). The falcon's head is turned towards the left. The mangalah is made of cloth and edged with leather. In the background clumps of vegetation grow in the sand. Due to the nature of these images, prints will

In the far distance a large building sits on the rise

He wears a ghutra (headscarf) and a thobe (long shirt) topped with a belt

Successive dune ridges rise from the near foreground into the far distance

Portrait of a man (named Alaqa Dessie)

On the right Salim bin Ghabaisha

Many of the participants are holding long sticks and wear garlands of herbs in their hair

Flailing barley

during the party's journey from Wadi Shalhamit to Wadi Khawat

being poled forward by a man standing at the stern and paddled by a boy in the bow

In the foreground a man rides a camel across sands dotted with a few clumps of vegetation

and later accompanied Wilfred Thesiger on all his journeys in the Rub' al Khali (Empty Quarter)

Many people stand by a well with camels