View of two sailors on ... Thesiger Collection

View of two sailors on ... Thesiger CollectionView of two sailors on a dhow (sailboat) travelling through the Persian Gulf from Dubai to Bahrain Island. Two men perch on the main yard of a dhow near the mast. On the left one of the men holds onto the mast with one arm while perching on a lower yard. Next to him another man climbs up onto the yard using a nearby rope. He is also stepping onto one of the sails tied below the yard. This image was taken during Wilfred Thesiger's May 18 28, 1948

View of two water sellers loading imported water in water skins onto waiting donkeys at the harbour in Kuwait City

Four men attend to baggage and supplies in an open area amongst low sand dunes

Half length portrait of a herds boy of the Rashid Bedouin in the sands near Al Ain

He holds a camel stick in one hand and the head rope of his camel in the other

Four Manasir sit in a circle around the fire while a fifth Manasir man stands up next to the tent

In the left background ghaf trees grow across a vast expanse of sand

In the distance a few dhows are moored in the far background

The men sit beside a small farmer's shelter in a field

They are possibly part of the Dalai Lama's escort on the final leg of his journey to Lhasa

at the beginning of the party's journey to Al Mukalla

Many men haul water from a rock-lined well using ropes and pulleys

It has three storeys