View of members of Wilfred ... Frame:goldView of members of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party sitting and standing on a cairn near Shisr well. Salim bin Tamtaim, a sheikh of the Bayt Ghuwas lineage of Bayt Kathir Bedouin, stands on the edge of the cairn in the central foreground, facing towards the right. He is leaning on a rifle. Sultan bin Ahmad, a sheikh of the Sh'asha lineage of Bayt Kathir Bedouin, stands second from the right, facing towards the left. He is holding a rifle over his
In the background the square corner watchtower of Al Muwaiji fort rises high over a nearby building at the far left and a grove of trees on the right
On the left two pots of meat stew on a fire tended by two men sitting side by side at the centre right
A dagger is hanging from his belt
A third man sits on a rock and watches the action
Portrait of a Bedouin man and two boys at a well near Wadi Bayd
rise in the far background
are moored in calm water at the side of Dubai Creek
He wears a large ghutra (headscarf) and a thobe (shirt)
View of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling saddling camels during the party's journey from Manwakh well to B'ir Tamis well
In the far distance a large sand dune with deep ridges rises into the horizon
In the distance the steep rock cliffs of Wadi Andur fill the background
In the central distance the square Shindagha watchtower rises high above the creek alongside one and two storey houses in the Shindagha district
