Close up profile portrait of ... Special OrdersClose up profile portrait of Huaishil, one of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling companions, in the region surrounding Al Ain Buraimi Oasis. Huaishil, a sheikh of the Mahamid lineage of Duru Bedouin, faces towards the right. He is squinting into the sun. He wears a light coloured thobe (shirt) and an embroidered headscarf. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were archived by
past the one and two storey buildings that line the shore
View of two naked boys
Each man wears a light coloured thobe (shirt) and an embroidered headscarf
In the foreground small tents and donkeys
In the left distance an expanse of fields stretches out towards a cluster of houses in the left background
Both wear metal collars that are typically worn by Jewish men in this region
People in foreground and on roof
kneels in his saddle facing towards the left [most of the camel's body is outside the frame]
View of a small fishing baqqarah (a type of sailboat) moored along the creek or Deira Corniche in Dubai
View of members of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party digging out a well in the Batin sands
There is a mantra on the red painted wall
View of trees growing in the sands of Wadi al 'Ayn
