View of sailors on a ... Jacques-Philippe Potteau

View of sailors on a ... Jacques-Philippe PotteauView of sailors on a dhow (sailboat) in the Persian Gulf near Dubai. A group of sailors stand on the port side of a dhow. In the foreground an African man stands next to one of the ship's cabins. Behind him another man wearing a thobe (long shirt) balances on a post and holds on to the main yard. This image was taken during Wilfred Thesiger's May 18 28, 1948 journey by dhow from Dubai to Bahrain Island. Due to the nature of these images, prints will

ridged dune rises behind him

who are trekking with their camels in a line heading into the far left

the rightmost of which are propped open

The are heading from the left towards the right

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party resting in camp at (or near) Habarut [Habrut]

and holding a rifle in his right hand

two of whom are paddling

In the foreground a desiccated plant sits in a small mound of sand on a sand dune

possibly a j

View of a boy of the Sa'ar Bedouin pouring water into a hawd

A man in a light-coloured thobe (long shirt) and a patterned ghutra (headscarf) kneels on the ground in front of a fort wall

A number of sailors work on deck around a large sail that has been tied into a tight roll