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Seated half length portrait of ... Frame:blackSeated half length portrait of a boy of the Rashid Bedouin taken by Wilfred Thesiger during his party's journey from Al Ain to Liwa oasis, likely in the region of Al Humrah sands. The boy is likely Raikan, the son of Salih. He sits atop a camel, holding on to a rope [the camel is entirely outside the frame]. Behind him is a pile of blankets. Salih and Raikan accompanied Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party from Al Ain to Al Dhafra sands. This image was

and Salim bin Ghabaisha

) his tipping out

an Abyssinian 'Patriot' soldier

View of one of the dhows (sailboats) on which Wilfred Thesiger sailed through the Abu Dhabi islands with Sheikh Hazaa bin Sultan Al Nahyan and his retainers

the sister of Amara bin Thuqub

View of a bridge over a river in the Rich Gol valley

Aristocratic young woman close-up

Some of the buildings are topped with adobe and parallel lines of raqf (slate) tiles to prevent weather erosion

belonging to Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting party

View of a small dhow being launched by a group of men at Abu Dhabi

holding knives

two of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions