View of Sheikh Zayed bin ... Thesiger Collection

View of Sheikh Zayed bin ... Thesiger CollectionView of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting party in camp in Al Khatam sands near Al Ain. In the foreground a hooded peregrine falcon perches on a carved wooden wakir (block) next to a large pile of blankets and saddlery gear lying in the sand. On the right a saluki hunting dog rests close by in the sand. In the near distance a man adjusts the saddlery on his camel. Behind him a vast flat plain dotted with scattered clumps of vegetation runs

a MacQueen's Bustard

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party in the Awarik sands in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali)

Sheikh Khalid bin Sultan Al Nahyan and their retainers in March 1948

taken from the Chamar Pass

and its tail feathers standing straight up

'Amair bin 'Omar stands in the well at the far left

In the distance men sail in a small dhow

Taktshang Gormo

In the distance a far hillside is visible

dotted with sparse points of vegetation

belonging to Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting party

Thangka behind him