Half-length portrait of a young ... Type:stretched canvas

Half-length portrait of a young ... Type:stretched canvasHalf length portrait of a young tribesman of the Rashid Bedouin taken at the encampment of Muhammad, a sheikh of the Rashid Bedouin, near Bir al Tawil in the Ramlat ar Rabbad sands. A young man kneels on the ground at the far left. Camp equipment is scattered in the sands surrounding him. Muhammad and his family hosted Wilfred Thesiger's party at their encampment for a number of days in December 1946 during Wilfred Thesiger's first crossing of the

who carry spears and ambatch shields (and wear thiau armrings on their left or right arms)

all the sand surrounding the men is bare of vegetation

View of a large defensive town wall

tribesmen of the Rashid Bedouin

View of a wadi bed dotted with dry bushes and a tree in the Wadi Qana

View of locals walking along the Corniche road by Sharjah Creek

The sand dunes around the camp are dotted with trees and shrubs

and whose primary aim was to legitimate and reinforce the power of the ruler

The man at the front of the line walks

Behind them a bushy tree grows in the sand

The peregrine holds its wings out around the bustard to shield its prey

with a few whitecaps