Seated portrait of Wilfred Thesiger ... Special Orders

Seated portrait of Wilfred Thesiger ... Special OrdersSeated portrait of Wilfred Thesiger taken by an unknown photographer in the region surrounding Al Ain Buraimi Oasis. Wilfred Thesiger sits in the sand, resting his arm on his knee and holding a camel stick. He wears a khanjar (dagger) on a cartridge belt with leather suspenders over his thobe (shirt) and an embroidered headscarf. Behind him a vast flat plain stretches out into the distance. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any

In the distance beyond the sea stretches out empty and uninterrupted to the far horizon

a cluster of 'arish huts

View of dead trees on the shore of Lake Nakuru

In the far distance low rolling downs rise into high dunes

Further back a number of men and women mill about amongst traders in the midst of the market

In the background large palm trees grow on the far side of a dry gravel bed

The sand dune is dotted with vegetation

and a large dagger in a scabbard across his waist

In the background two men stand in the street

View of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions and Wahiba Bedouin at Buraymah well in the Wadi Halfayn

Fishing boats moored on a beach

standing outside decorated tents