View of two of Wilfred ... Iraq

View of two of Wilfred ... IraqView of two of Wilfred Thesiger's sailing companions cooking in camp on one of the Abu Dhabi islands. Two men kneel in the sand in front of a cooking fire. A kettle and a coffee pot sit on the fire in front of them. Scattered around the fire are a number of other cooking items and a teapot. Some bushes grow behind the men, and in the far background tufts of grass and small bushes grow across the sands into the distance. This image was taken during

Behind them Hamad

a tribesman of the Rashid Bedouin

In the distance beyond two of the party's camels stand where the wadi bed transitions from a covering of sand to small rocks

Portrait of two boys

A line of camels are couched along a long walled trough fed by a falaj

In the background scattered patches of grass grow on the dry plain

the great chorten and the Palkor Chode Monastery

View of members of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party watering their camels at Yisub well

On the right two porters carry cargo on their shoulders

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

Group portrait of a Sahul Bedouin family at the Ar Rumhiya wells near Ar Riyadh

Standing full length profile portrait of a thoroughbred Omani camel belonging to Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan in the Al Khatam sands near Al Ain