View of a Manasir Bedouin ... India

View of a Manasir Bedouin ... IndiaView of a Manasir Bedouin encampment near Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting camp in the Al Khatam sands near Al Ain. In the left foreground a young girl in a black abaya stands beside a camel, beneath which a man is sitting. Behind them a tent made of woven palm mats has been erected in the sand. In the right background, two men and a few camels stand behind the tent. In the distance behind them a low sand dune rises above the horizon. Due

'arish huts and enclosures made from palm fronds sit in the sand along the shore

alongside Thesiger stands his Nuer interpreter Malo

a settlement comprising several households in the same enclosure

a bowl for rice behind which is a vessel for holy water

A pile of stones lies next to the entrance of the shelter

View of a large building on a hill in the Colom Bela valley

and a ruined wall lies outside the fort on the right

In the bushes behind them cooking pots and plates dry in the sun

View of dunes in Al Batin sands in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali)

standing in a doorway

View of a Bin Maaruf nomad (of the Saar tribe) standing beside two black goat-hair tents

at a camp fire in the region of Baynunah sands