View of a date palm ... George Dixon Aked

View of a date palm ... George Dixon AkedView of a date palm grove near Al Khandaq Fort in Al Buraimi Oasis. Musallim bin Al Kamam, a sheikh of the Musaifar lineage of Rashid Bedouin and one of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions, stands in the right foreground holding a rifle over one shoulder. In the distance behind him a young boy stands between palm trees at the edge of a large palm grove. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that

Each of the men is followed by two baggage camels

The houses have small square windows and slate tiles protruding from their walls

View of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin travelling party standing on a hillside in a wadi near the well of Ma' Shadid

The water surrounding the dhow is flat with small waves

Beside him the donkey has been saddled with blankets and a thick sheepskin

Behind the saluki Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan (far left) rides at the head of a line of falconers and a young boy riding camels

sitting on the back of a buffalo

He also carries a rifle on his left shoulder

standing beneath a canopy

Monks in bottom right corner

Further beyond three of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions walk their camels in a line down a high dune from the left to the far right

A wadi bed near Andhur