Close up profile portrait of ... IranClose up profile portrait of a thoroughbred Omani camel belonging to Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan in the Al Khatam sands near Al Ain. The camel has longish curly hair and poses in profile looking towards the left. It is wearing a chain halter, a braided neck rope and has a thick black head rope. A string has been tied from the camel's halter to its neck rope. This image was taken between December 20, 1948, and January 27, 1949, during which time
In the foreground small tents and donkeys
On the far right side of the creek one and two storey houses fill the Shindagha district
a type of dhow) moored off the beach at Kuwait
with houses in the distance
On the left a man and a boy ride a large black camel
View of fields
wearing two black ostrich feathers in a band round his forehead to which he has fastened the stuffed skins of small birds he has shot with his bow and arrows
View of Wilfred Thesiger's sailing companions sitting on the deck of a sailboat (dhow) in the Abu Dhabi islands
In the far distance Al-Milha and Al Shada palaces are visible in the background
The main sail of the dhow is raised
In the background a vast rocky plain leads to a far rocky mountain
A falconer wearing a thobe (long shirt) and a ghutra (headscarf) toped with a dark 'agal (head rope) sits astride a tall camel
