View of dhows (sailboats) beached ... Frame:gold

View of dhows (sailboats) beached ... Frame:goldView of dhows (sailboats) beached on the shore at Dubai Creek. In the foreground the bow of a beached dhow sits on the shore. In the distance beyond a dhow (sailboat) sails up the creek, past a sand bank and the many moored dhows that line the shore. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were archived by the Pitt Rivers Museum.

stands holding the head rope of his camel

An Arab guide in Wilfred Thesiger's party stands in the midst of a vast rocky plant left of a large tree

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party taking a rest in the Al Dhafra sands during their journey across the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali) from Dhibi well to Al Batin sands

View of Shakhbut bin Sultan's fort at Abu Dhabi

He wears a khanjar (dagger) with a cartridge belt and suspenders over his thobe (long shirt)

In the foreground a man walks through a large open area in front of the buildings

with buffaloes standing outside

large double masted dhows (sailboats) built in Kuwait

some in a state of ruin

View of a small dhow being launched by a group of men at Abu Dhabi

sitting on a rock

with a camel in the Wadi Al Ayn