Upper body group portrait of ... Size:large

Upper body group portrait of ... Size:largeUpper body group portrait of three bearded Bedouin men outside Al Muwaiji fort in Al Ain. Each of the three men wears a thobe (long shirt) and a headscarf (ghutra) topped with agal (head ropes). Two men stand in the foreground, and a third man stands just behind. The shoulder of a forth man can be seen at the far right edge. In the background are the walls of Al Muwaiji fort. This image was taken during April 6 30, 1948, when Wilfred Thesiger stayed

while above the sky is empty of clouds

Fenced enclosures

On the shore behind it a large

holding a peregrine falcon on a mangalah (cuff) on his arm

with a tree at the left of the image

View of a dhow (sailboat) and a rowboat moored in Dubai Creek at sunset

View of a bridge over a river in the Rich Gol valley

heading towards the right

decorating himself with red ochre paint

This portrait was taken by Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin travelling companion

From the top of the mast many thick ropes hang and behind him a large striped sail hangs from a sail yard

Each of the three men wears a thobe (long shirt) and a headscarf (ghutra) topped with agal (head ropes)