View of two of Wilfred ... Jacques-Philippe Potteau

View of two of Wilfred ... Jacques-Philippe PotteauView of two of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions on a sand hill in the Al Ain Buraimi oasis overlooking Jebel Hafeet [Jabal Hafit]. Two men with rifles sit on a sand hill in a vast flat plain. The ground surrounding the hill is carpeted with sparse grass and tufts of vegetation. In the background is a large tree. Behind the tree the mountain Jabal Hafeet [Jabal Hafit] looms in the distance. This image was taken during April 6 30, 1948, when

The badan is beached in the sand with its bow pointing towards ocean on the left

one and two storey houses are built close together in the Shindagha district

Portrait of a well dressed young man in the region between Jabal Baydan mountain and the city of At Taif

Dhows are on the water

Full length standing portrait of an Arab man wearing a daggers in a straight sheath over his thobe (shirt) in the city of Abha

In the foreground a moored dhow (sailboat) sits in the middle of Dubai Creek

three of whom are standing holing poling sticks

Interior view of the mudhif (guest house) belonging to Mahalhal

a large ocean going sailing vessel

In the far right background one and two storey houses sit along the far shore

The main sail of the dhow is raised

and a large tree and a few tufts of grass grow on the plain behind them