Standing full length portrait of ... Images of Sheikh Zayed

Standing full length portrait of ... Images of Sheikh ZayedStanding full length portrait of an Arab falconer, a member of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting party, holding a peregrine falcon in the Al Khatam sands near Al Ain. In the left foreground a falconer wearing a cap and a light coloured thobe (long shirt) topped with a cartridge belt and leather suspenders stands in a patch of soft sand holding a peregrine falcon. The falcon rests on the falconer's mangalah (cuff) on one hand, and is blinded

The man stands facing towards the right

He is holding a length of rope in both hands

a ford between Abu Dhabi and the mainland

View of a badan

He wears a khanjar (dagger) with a cartridge belt and suspenders over his thobe (long shirt)

Sheikh Zayed with a falcon at Buraimi

The watchtower is built from stone and is situated on a rocky island in the centre of the image

View of a large dune in the Dhafara sands in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali)

At the back of the dhow a cloth covered awning is blown by the wind

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

the ruler of Dubai

In the background lies a creek and in the far distance the Ru'us Al Jibal mountains rise high above the horizon