Standing half length portrait of ... George Dixon Aked

Standing half length portrait of ... George Dixon AkedStanding half length portrait of Wilfred Thesiger and Musallim bin Al Kamam on a rooftop terrace in Dubai. Wilfred Thesiger (left) and Musallim bin Al Kamam (right), a sheikh of the Musaifar lineage of Rashid Bedouin, stand on a rooftop terrace in Dubai. They lean against the balcony railing, both looking into the right distance. Each man wears a cartridge belt and suspenders over his light coloured thobe (shirt) and a ghutra (headscarf). Due to the

The view also gives a good idea of the town layout and the structure of domestic dwellings

An elderly Bedouin man with a large white beard stands in front of a white rock wall

In the distance beyond sand dunes rise in rolling ridges towards a far crest below a hazy sky

wearing Tibetan dress known as ringyen for New Year celebrations

with Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party in the foreground

Two ladies

In the far distance sand dunes rise high up across the horizon below a cloudless sky

On the right a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party waits with camels outside a straw roofed hut

stands in soft sand in the foreground holding a peregrine falcon

He grips the mast with his legs

It is also carrying a load of palm fronds

British Residency and gardens