Portrait of two sailors on ... Frame:blackPortrait of two sailors on a dhow (sailboat) in the Persian Gulf near Dubai. Two sailors changing sails perch on the yard of a dhow. On the left one man sits down on the main yard by the mast, while on the right a second man uses rope to tie the sail 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 reproduce any signs of age,
which is topped with a thick dark 'agal (head rope)
A middle-aged man with a long dark beard stands in the foreground beside a few couched camels
In the foreground tufts of long qassis (sedge) grow on a flat stretch of sand rippled by the wind
Abdullah bin Maiqal stands in the foreground
a long row of upright stones
stands in the centre foreground
He wears a khanjar (dagger) on a cartridge belt over his thobe (shirt) and a plain headscarf
A hyena can be seen approaching the flock
A member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party
Two men stand in the foreground next to a saddled animal
A man and a woman with a camel and its foal
View of a large adobe building in the city of Tarim
