Portrait of Wilfred Thesiger sitting ... Size:medium

Portrait of Wilfred Thesiger sitting ... Size:mediumPortrait of Wilfred Thesiger sitting in the Wadi al 'Ayn. Wilfred Patrick Thesiger kneels in soft sand in front of a dry bush, holding a rifle in one hand. He is wearing a silver sheathed dagger on a cartridge belt over his thobe (shirt), and his head is covered by a headscarf. The rifle is covered in a leather sleeve. This portrait was taken by Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin travelling companion, Salim bin Kabina. Due to the nature of these images,

one of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party

posing with a falcon in the Al Khatam sands near Al Ain

Al Shada Palace is visible in the background

The buildings are built with adobe bricks topped with parallel lines of raqf (slate) tiles

which has been topped with concrete or rammed earth

in full sail

Portrait of a man (named Muhammad bin al Jabari)

Portrait of a peregrine falcon (shahin)

Three dhows (sailboats) are moored in shallow water left of the beach

In the background two wind towers (barjeel) sit atop a two storey house behind the fort

View of several houses with wind-towers

View of carved wooden figures marking a Konso grave