Portrait of two members of ... Afghanistan

Portrait of two members of ... AfghanistanPortrait of two members of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hawking party riding camels in Al Khatam sands near Al Ain. Two Arab men sit side by side in the foreground, each mounted on a camel. Each man wears a ghutra (headscarf) and a thobe (long shirt), and carries a camel stick. Both camels face forward, turned slightly towards the right foreground. In the distance beyond scattered vegetation grows across a vast flat plain of sand. This image

View of camels belonging to Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party resting in one of the vast rocky plains below Jabal Sumeini

turned slightly towards the right foreground

Salih and Raikan accompanied Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party from Al Ain to Al Dhafra sands

The market at Abha in front of Al Shada Palace

One is holding an umbrella

He holds a peregrine falcon on a mangalah (cuff) on his left arm

on the opposite bank of the creek

heading into the distance

He is holding on to a large sail that is spread out across the background

with a servant

Portrait of six trained falcons and two salukis belonging to Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting party resting in the sands surrounding Al Ain

At the centre one man stands in the water near a dhow and a rowboat