View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling ... Portraits of notable people

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling ... Portraits of notable peopleView of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party riding through Al Khatam sands during their return journey to Al Ain. In the foreground two of Wilfred Thesiger's Rashid Bedouin companions sit on their camels on a sand dune rippled with small secondary dunes. Behind them large ghada (Haloxylon persicum Bunge) trees grow atop the dune. In the far distance sparse vegetation grows on a distant sand flat and low wispy clouds stretch across the sky. This image

dressed in military uniform

In the distance behind the falconer tufts of qassis (sedge) and other vegetation grow on a sand flat below a sky streaked with sparse clouds

Portrait of Sheikh Hazaa bin Sultan Al Nahyan on a dhow (sailboat) in the Abu Dhabi islands

leaning heavily to the right

A camel stands in the background

two storey houses and 'arish huts made from palm fronds sit along the far bank

wearing wigs

The appearance of the village is quite modern or similar to the usual Mexican pueblos

View of locals walking in a vast square in front of a mosque in the city of Abha

Watercolour painting by John Bolton Woodthorpe of three unidentified ships in full sail on the sea (circa 1830s)

Seated portrait of Salim bin Kabina

sitting on a camel with a peregrine falcon on his arm in the Al Khatam sands near Jebel Hafeet (Jabal Hafit)