Portrait of a peregrine falcon ... Arabia

Portrait of a peregrine falcon ... ArabiaPortrait of a peregrine falcon (shahin) with its prey, a stone curlew, in the sands surrounding Al Ain. In the right foreground a peregrine falcon belonging to Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting party stands on a stone curlew, holding it down on the sand. The stone curlew's neck is broken and leans to the left. The peregrine holds a tuft of the curlew's feathers in its beak. In the far background dry tufts of vegetation grow in the sand. Due

Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions sit in a group at the right

while just beyond a few boats sit on the water

stands holding the head rope of his camel

Portrait of a peregrine falcon sitting on a falconer's arm in the Al Ain / Buraimi oasis

In the right background three of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions stand at the top of a high sand dune rippled by the wind

The river is lined with shops and dotted with market boats

sitting at the centre has two masts

View of two herds of cattle being watered at a well

his face smiling

the ruler of Dubai

Portrait of four Sa'ar Bedouin boys and girls filing a hawd

described by Wilfred Thesiger as 'one of [his] favourite compositions'