View of one of the ... Size:large

View of one of the ... Size:largeView of one of the dhows (sailboats) on which Wilfred Thesiger sailed through the Abu Dhabi islands with Sheikh Hazaa bin Sultan Al Nahyan and his retainers. A dhow under full sail glides across a flat sea. Men sit crowded together on the deck of the dhow. At the bow of the ship one man perches on the boom behind the sail. At the back of the dhow a cloth covered awning is blown by the wind. A small canoe is towed behind the dhow. In the far distance a

View of a herd of goats grazing

View of cultivated land in the Alamut valley ('Valley of the Assassins')

heading from the near left foreground into the far distance

and in the distance a steep mountain overlooks the town

The large building decorated with thick horizontal stripes of plaster is the Sultan's Palace

Dorje Pamo on her throne at Samding Monastery

View of a group of men performing a dance at a circumcision ceremony in An Namas

which is secured with a braided 'agal (head rope)

In the far left background a square stone watchtower

One of them is holding a long dagger

with a man (named Nasser Hussain)

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party making camp on a rocky plain during their journey from the Ramlat Unayq