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Full length group portrait of ... Frame:goldFull length group portrait of eight men, retainers of Sheikh Shakhbut bin Sultan Al Nahyan, standing in a line outside Qasr Al Hosn fort in Abu Dhabi. All of the eight retainers stand facing forward, each holding a rifle or a camel stick in front of himself. Behind the men an 'arish hut and a number of buildings can be seen in the background. When this picture was taken Qasr Al Hosn fort was the home of Sheikh Shakhbut bin Sultan Al Nahyan, then ruler

The peregrine holds a tuft of the curlew's feathers in its beak

In the background large dhows (sailboats) rest on the beach

made from date palm fronds

In the far left background another member of the party stands beside a bare bush

On the right a man stands nearby in the sand

wearing distinctive round hats

View of a number of Arab and Bedouin men

View of an Arab man walking past a row of shops in a market in Kuwait City

A boy stands in the foreground and another boy further back

The grain is being threshed by the mules dragging weights across the crop laid out on the ground

All three men are tribesmen of the Bayt Imani lineage of Rashid Bedouin

He also holds a rifle