Side view of the bow ... Frame:natural

Side view of the bow ... Frame:naturalSide view of the bow of a j? lb? t [jalboot], a type of dhow (sailboat) with a square shaped stern and an upright bow, moored along the shore of Bahrain Island. The j? lb? t sits in calm water rippled by gentle waves below a cloudless sky. A talk mast projects out of the middle of the boat. In the left background more dhows sit in the water, and further beyond buildings line the far shore. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any

with his personal retainer Idris Daud

and a girl at the far right walk along the Corniche road

Behind them a group of Wahiba Bedouin are hauling water from the well

In the right background three more booms are moored in the water

who both hold smaller children in their laps

also of the Bayt Kathir Bedouin

In the far distance another ridge of high dunes stretches out along the horizon below a vast cloudless sky

Members of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party

Close-up view of the prow of a balam (flat-bottomed boat)

A vast expanse of low rolling dunes spreads out across the distance before him

a type of high

View of a Bin Maaruf nomad (of the Saar tribe) standing beside two black goat-hair tents