View of Al Khandaq Fort ... Frame:gold

View of Al Khandaq Fort ... Frame:goldView of Al Khandaq Fort in Buraimi. In the right foreground a man in a light coloured thobe (long shirt) stands in an expanse of rocky sand dotted with grass and small shrubs. In the distance behind Al Khandaq fort sits on the left next to a date palm plantation. The fort is surrounded by a defensive trench. In the far right distance the mountains of Oman are shrouded in mist. This image was taken during April 6 30, 1948, when Wilfred Thesiger stayed

the ruler of Abu Dhabi

In the background another camel stands on the far left

A young boy

He has been adorned with woman's earrings and an ostrich feather headdress with small birds hanging from the back of the neck

Further behind them two saluki hunting dogs rest in the sand beside clumps of vegetation

and holds a piece of a plant in his right hand

Seated portrait of two young boys of the Al Nahyan family sitting in the sand in Al Ain

a 92-gun vessel of the Royal Navy

In the left foreground a falconer wearing a cap and a light coloured thobe (long shirt) topped with a cartridge belt and leather suspenders stands in a patch of soft sand holding a peregrine falcon

accompanied by people

Portrait of Salim bin Ghabaisha and Thesiger

which is saddled with a dark sheepskin and a burlap sack (most of the camel is outside the frame)