Portrait of a peregrine falcon ... Frame:none

Portrait of a peregrine falcon ... Frame:nonePortrait of a peregrine falcon belonging to Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting party resting in the Al Khatam sands near Al Ain. A peregrine falcon leans to the right on its perch on a carved wooden wakir (block) staked in the sand. Camel blankets lie in the sand behind the wakir. This image was taken between December 20, 1948, and January 27, 1949, during which time Wilfred Thesiger stayed with Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan in Al Ain and

On the right Hamad

Each man wears a ghutra (headscarf) and a thobe (long shirt)

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party trekking through sand dunes in the vicinity of the Ramlat Unayq

In the centre is Shakhbut bin Sultan

taken from the Chamar Pass

The gilt cylinder on the left is an auspicious banner

the second from the main mast

Sheikh Mubarak bin Mohammed Al Nahyan

View of Wilfred Thesiger's expedition party setting out from the Awash Station at the start of his 1933-4 Awash expedition

Sideways with Daffodil by Sue Johnson 2011

He is pictured wearing traditional dress of kimono and is carrying a wakizashi (short sword)

holding a stick in his right hand