Full length profile portrait of ... Images of Wilfred ThesigerFull length profile portrait of a thoroughbred Batina camel in Al Ain oasis. A Batina camel stands in sand and sparse dry grass, facing towards the left. It is saddled with an Omani style wooden saddle. In the background a low rock mound sits in the distance, and further beyond a few trees and bushes grow in the sandy soil. This image was taken during April 6 30, 1948, when Wilfred Thesiger stayed at Al Muwaiji fort in Al Ain as a guest of Sheikh
including Sheikh Shakhbut bin Sultan (second from right)
A twelve-year-old sailor sits on a poop rail beside a tall post on a dhow
View of a tree and a well outside a fort in the Al Ain / Buraimi oasis
In the left background ghaf trees grow across a vast expanse of sand
View of the town of Qasam in Wadi Hadhramawt
Behind the group a few large bushes and a tree grow on a vast plain in the background
The table is covered with various pieces of equipment that were used to ensure that the Mission had telegraphic communications with India and beyond during their stay
In the distance beyond two low hills sit on the left and a few trees grow on the vast plain
Behind it two sailors stand facing the ship's mast
View of a villager walking past 'arish huts at a Bani Yas settlement in Liwa oasis
The beaded plait tied around the hair and the buttons and beads sewn on the textile are clearly visible in this image
In the far distance beyond the mountain Jabal Hafit (Jebel Hafeet) can be seen above the horizon
