View of two members of ... Special Orders

View of two members of ... Special OrdersView of two members of Wilfred Thesiger's party travelling in the Al Khatam sands south of Al Ain, on their journey towards Al Humrah sands. In the near distance two of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions walk with their camels across an area of low rolling dunes, heading from the left into the right distance. Both men each carry a rifle. The man on the right is Mahalhal bin 'Ati, a tribesman of the Al Khamis lineage of Awamir Bedouin. In the far

Half length portrait of two young Bedouin men

View of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting party at a Manasir encampment in the Al Khatam sands near Al Ain

They are wearing high conical hats

He is smiling and holds a rifle in one hand

In the background number of people stroll in and out of a market thoroughfare

while in the far distance buildings line the coast of Bahrain Island

Behind them a number of goats wait for water

heading towards the left

two members of the party ride their camels across rolling sands towards the foreground

In front of the boys metal bowls

He has a thick grey beard and wears a thobe (shirt) and a taqiyah cap

In the background small shoots of vegetation grow out of the sand