View of a line of ... George Dixon AkedView of a line of abra (ferry boats) sitting along the shore of Dubai Creek. Oarsmen wait beside a line of abra at a ferry launch on Dubai Creek. Each abra is covered with a cloth canopy. Behind the launch a dhow (sailboat) is moored in the creek. In the distance, on the opposite bank of the creek, two storey houses and 'arish huts made from palm fronds sit along the far bank. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age,
There is a very good view of the metal 'umbrella' at the top of the chorten
The falcon holds its wings out from its body in order to maintain its balance on the bustard and shield its prey from other predators
and Salim bin Ghabaisha
Full length standing portrait of 'Amair bin 'Omar
with a falconer's leather arm protection and the falcon's hood lying on the ground
He wears a ghutra (headscarf) wrapped closely around his head and a khanjar (dagger) on a cartridge belt over his coloured thobe (long shirt)
a type of dhow) in the harbour at Dubai
Profile portrait of 'Amair bin 'Omar
Portrait of Mabkhaut bin Arbain and Salim bin Kabina
with two members of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party standing on a ledge in the foreground
Portrait of a sailor on the mast of a dhow (sailboat) in the Persian Gulf near Dubai
He wears a khanjar (dagger) on a cartridge belt and suspenders over his light coloured thobe (shirt) and a ghutra (headscarf) topped with an 'agal (head rope)
