View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling ... Sue Johnson

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling ... Sue JohnsonView of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling companions and Awamir Bedouin watering at a well near Al Ain, during Wilfred Thesiger's journey from Abu Dhabi to Al Ain. Many people stand by a well with camels and goats. On the left two men stand next to a couched camel. At the centre a man walks behind a mud water trough. Four rifles rest against the lip of the water trough. Beside the tree at the centre a group of people with camels pull water from the well.

below the jagged cliffs

kneeling on the ground

sitting on a raft

The river is lined with shops and dotted with market boats

while the lower storey is completely walled in

holding a block on which sits a saker falcon

Full length group portrait of Sheikh Mubarak bin Mohammed Al Nahyan standing with retainers of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan in Al Ain

with people in the foreground

This type of armour is worn during the dances by soldiers during Tse Gutor in the Potala Palace and during the Torgya offerings during Monlam Chenmo

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party resting in the Wadi Haluf

a tribesman of the Bayt Imani lineage of Rashid Bedouin

View of a Samburu circumcision camp