Side view of kotias, large ... George Dixon Aked

Side view of kotias, large ... George Dixon AkedSide view of kotias, large double masted dhows (sailboats) from India, moored at Bahrain Island. In the centre distance a kotia sits in choppy water, its bow pointing towards the left, its sails tied down. The kotia has a steeply inclined transom stern. On the left a number of dhows are moored in the background, while in the far distance buildings line the coast of Bahrain Island. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of

a second man crosses a depression between the dunes

View of architectural details on the exterior of a palace-style house owned by the Sayid Abu Bakr family

walk camels in a trough between low dunes

one of Wilfred Thesiger's Hejaz guides

Portrait of two girls

Close-up view of an unfinished reed mat

In the foreground villagers and a donkey walk in the street

In the right foreground amounts of firewood are stacked in piles on the ground

In the foreground 'arish huts made of palm fronds sit in fenced enclosures in an expanse of bare flat sand

loaded with bags of lucerne (Medicago sativa

Behind it many more dhows are moored or beached in front of the Shindagha district

one of which is couched in the sand