View of Muhammad's encampment in ... Iraq

View of Muhammad's encampment in ... IraqView of Muhammad's encampment in the Ramlat ar Rabbad sands near Bir al Tawil. Three people stand beside a small striped goat hair tent which has been pitched amongst sand dunes next to a few dry bushes. In the sand around the tent lay a number of items of clothing and equipment. Dunes surround the tent in all directions, and in the far distance a lone figure walks down a sloping dune toward the tent. Wilfred Thesiger and his men stayed with Muhammad,

In wind-rippled water two small dhows are moored alongside a boom

On the right are houses with several stories

watched by several others

Portrait of a young man of the Qara tribe standing in the Wadi Darbat

a type of dhow) and other sea-going vessels in the Persian Gulf

To his right a few men of the Wahiba Bedouin haul water from a well

View of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting party men in the Al Khatam sands near Al Ain

with a watch-tower in the distance

a tribesman of the Bayt Imani lineage of the Rashid Bedouin

A number of other men crowd around in the background

View of a busy street in Kuwait

Portrait of a man carrying a small child on his shoulder on the street in Dubai