Seated profile portrait of a ... Size:small

Seated profile portrait of a ... Size:smallSeated profile portrait of a tribesman of the Rashid Bedouin at an encampment near Bir al Tawil in the Ramlat ar Rabbad. This man is the son of Muhammad, a sheikh of the Rashid Bedouin, with whom Wilfred Thesiger and his men stayed for a few days during his first crossing of the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali) in December 1946. He kneels in the sand beside a small pile of twigs, squinting into the bright sunlight. Due to the nature of these images,

View of desert landscape in Al Batin sands near Liwa oasis

while above them a large white sail flies from a mast

A rowboat is lashed to the keel of the boat

In the background is a large building

Portrait of Thesiger in Arab dress in the Empty Quarter of the UAE

looks towards the camera

holding a peregrine falcon on a mangalah (cuff) on his arm

In the near distance a cluster of tall square buildigns with small windows and slate tiles protruding from the walls sit inside a low stone wall

He getting ready to strike the intruding camel with his camel stick

several of whom are holding spears

The young man from Abu Dhabi sits by the side of a sailboat with his arms crossed tightly around his chest

which is dotted with salt bushes