View of Wilfred Thesiger's party ... Size:smallView of Wilfred Thesiger's party resting in camp at Furai well in Sharqiyah Sands. In the foreground Sahail bin Tahi (left), a tribesman of the Mudairiba lineage of Rashid Bedouin, sits with another member of the party beneath a shade canopy erected in a small stand of bushes. In the distance beyond the party's camels are couched in the sand, while further behind large numbers of goats and camels, attended by a Bedouin family, crowd around Furai well.
In the distance more bushes and trees stretch out across flat sands
In the foreground a saddled camel stands beside a group of men and a few children outside Al Muwaiji fort
People in front of the fort at Buraymi
stands facing forward in front of the walls of Muwaiji fort
He holds a peregrine falcon on a mangalah (cuff) on his left arm
620 metres) at the right of the image
making a mat by plaiting reeds
View of several camels being unloaded in a clearing among some trees
A large dune cross-crossed with sand ridges rises from low slopes in the foreground into a high crest in the far distance
The main routes into the town are clearly visible
Further behind a boy plays near a small dhow (sailboat) moored in the water
A boy sits close beside him on the right
