Group portrait of five of ... IndiaGroup portrait of five of Sheikh Shakhbut bin Sultan Al Nahyan's retainers sitting on the Corniche in Abu Dhabi. The man in the centre holds a rifle, while the four people sitting on either side of him hold camel sticks. Some of the men wear silver embossed daggers (khanjars) on belts over their shirts (thobe), and all are wearing headscarves. In the background moored boats sit on the water behind the men. Due to the nature of these images, prints
looking out of the window of a third-storey adobe house
Officials can be seen entering the courtyard to take their seats in the background on the left
at a campfire in Ramlat ar Rabbad sands
In the far left background another member of the party stands beside a bare bush
Further beyond a man stands in the far right distance
There is a large open space in the foreground where people can clearly be seen
View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party watering camels at Al Maghar well
Boats moored on the banks of the Mekong River at Louangphrabang (Luang Prabang)
and on the right two more members of the party sit beside a shade canopy erected in a small stand of bushes
landscaped gardens visible
In the background a herd of camels stands on the dry flat plain
north of the Wadi Hadhramawt
