View of one of Wilfred ... Africa 2

View of one of Wilfred ... Africa 2View of one of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions standing in front of Al Jahili fort in Al Ain. In the foreground a man in a white thobe (ankle length shirt) walks across an open sandy area. A large tree sits in the foreground at the far right. In the background the stepped watchtower of Al Jahili fort sits on the slope of a dune. Brick ruins lie below the watchtower on the far left. In the far distance three palm trees grow behind the walls of Al

A young boy

The rider is the party's guide

dried meat

775 in the standard Western (Gregorian) calendar

On the left two Bedouin men dig out a well while two camels wait beside them for water

Further behind large multi-storey buildings line the square

One of the men leads a camel on a head rope

a large double masted dhow (sailboat) built in Kuwait

View of an empty city square in the city of Jeddah

holding her hands clasped

near the Dhahir mountains

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