Portrait of Muhammad bin Fadil ... Arabia

Portrait of Muhammad bin Fadil ... ArabiaPortrait of Muhammad bin Fadil, a falconer in Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting party, riding a camel with a peregrine in Al Khatam sands near Al Ain. Muhammad bin Fadil sits astride his camel, which faces forward, its head turned to the left. Muhammad bin Fadil's ghutra (headscarf) is blown back behind his shoulders by the wind and he holds a camel stick up in the air with one hand. A hooded peregrine falcon perches on a mangalah (cuff) on

with Mawenzi peak on the left and Kibo peak on the right

The man holds a large peregrine falcon on a mangalah (cuff) on one hand

Group portrait of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan (second from left)

The building's windows are filled with carved wooden window screens and painted decorations cover the plaster walls

walk across a field holding their daggers aloft

Also two female members of the household

In front of the man a plant grows from the sand while behind him the branches of a bare tree fill the background

Over his white thobe (shirt) he wears a khanjar (dagger) on a belt and a cartridge belt with leather suspenders

In the foreground two men leading two camels

View of a man

In the background the crest of the dune continues into the far distance

Thesiger's Somali headman on his Awash expedition