Profile portrait of an Arab ... Size:medium

Profile portrait of an Arab ... Size:mediumProfile portrait of an Arab man, one of Wilfred Thesiger's guides, riding a camel during the party's journey from Jabal Sumeini to the port city of Sharjah. The man, a retainer of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, kneels in his saddle [most of the camel's body is outside the frame]. He wears a ghutra (headscarf) and a thobe (long shirt) topped with a cartridge belt. He carries a rifle slung under his left arm. In his right hand he is holding a small

In the far right background a Bedouin man stands on a dune

Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions sit in a group at the right

Awad bin Khazai crouches in gravel beside a dead ibex

holding a cooking pot

Next to the men is a cooking fire with a metal pot on it

with a large herd of goats on rocks in the foreground

In the distance a number of tall square houses with small windows and slate tiles protruding from the walls are clustered together in a village

Men at a well at Ghayl bin Yamayn

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party resting near Kismim Pass in the Jabal Qara mountains

In the far background the square Shindagha watchtower is visible standing high over the district

He wears a plain ghutra (headscarf) hanging down over his neck and a light coloured thobe (long shirt)

Three of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions walk with their camels along a dune ridge