Half length standing portrait of ... Size:large

Half length standing portrait of ... Size:largeHalf length standing portrait of Ahmed, Captain Haji Mansur's mate, on a dhow (sailboat) in the Persian Gulf near Bahrain. Ahmed stands on the deck of the ship, wearing a ghutra (headscarf) and a T shirt. Behind him is the bow of the dhow. In the distance behind him the sea is gently rippled by the wind. This image was taken during Wilfred Thesiger's May 18 28, 1948 journey by dhow from Dubai to Bahrain Island. Due to the nature of these images,

He wears a ghutra (headscarf) and a thobe (long shirt) topped with a cartridge belt and leather suspenders

In the right distance two more members of the party trek alongside a low dune

Muhammad hosted Wilfred Thesiger and his men at this encampment for a number of days during Wilfred Thesiger's first crossing of the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali)

one of whom is wearing a plaited conical hat (typical of the Tihama region of Yemen) and a dagger in a scabbard across his waist

View of a dry rice paddy the Wadi Tayyah near Makha'il village

View of people gathered at the wells at Ilaut

The camel is couched in profile

View of two herds of cattle being watered at a well

looking towards the near right distance

View of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin travelling party crossing a rocky wadi bed below Ayun spring

Seated portrait of a tribesman of the Manasir Bedouin

Spain (1837)