View of Wilfred Thesiger's sailing ... Special Orders

View of Wilfred Thesiger's sailing ... Special OrdersView of Wilfred Thesiger's sailing companions aboard a dhow (sailboat) in the Abu Dhabi islands. A number of men and boys rest on the deck of a sailing boat. At the centre a man stands at the stern of the boat, leaning on the high bars of the boat's frame. Behind him, a boy sits on top of the frame, looking out into the distance. In the foreground at the left, a young boy wears a large check patterned headscarf. On the right a man sits next to an

and are well supplied with stone implements

with abal bushes growing on the sand dunes

View of the shoreline at Dubai Creek

with buildings constructed at the top of cultivated terraces and mountains in the distance

A man wearing a light-coloured ghutra (headscarf) and a dark thobe (long shirt) walks across a rocky flat plain dotted with tall leafless bushes

Palm trees on the left

View of the monastery complex at Wanla

View of a man standing in front of houses in the city of Dubai

stands on a bare dune facing towards the left

Group portrait of three men

built on a rock outcrop

Thesiger's party in Humum country west of the Wadi Masila