Portrait of Yasir bin Hamud ... Images of Sheikh Zayed

Portrait of Yasir bin Hamud ... Images of Sheikh ZayedPortrait of Yasir bin Hamud, a sheikh of the Junuba Bedouin, at the southern end of Jabal Hafit (Jebel Hafeet), near Al Qabil. Yasir bin Hamud, a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, stands facing forward. He wears a khanjar (dagger) on a cartridge belt over his thobe (shirt) and wears a plain headscarf. Behind him, on the left, a rifle lies on the ground. In the far background a number of trees grow on the flat below Jabal Hafit (Jebel

including a minaret

Tribesmen of the Jabal Qara

at a well in the plains below Hamrat ad Duru

One is holding an umbrella

The south face of the Potala Palace with the village of Sho in the foreground beneath it

taken from Mount Hendren

at the foot of the steps in front of the new British Legation building in Addis Ababa

Thesiger's party digging out a well in the Batin to water their camels

View of four men carrying loads of rock salt down the snow-covered Munjan Pass

Behind him a number of trees and tufts of vegetation grow in the rolling sands

A long narrow flag flies from a post at the back of the awning

a type of dhow) sailing up the Persian Gulf