View of a Manasir Bedouin ... Images of Wilfred Thesiger

View of a Manasir Bedouin ... Images of Wilfred ThesigerView 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 foreground a wide expanse of sand dotted with two tufts of qassis (sedge) sits in front of a large herd of camels. Behind the camels on the right a Manasir man and girl stand in front of a tent. The tent is clad in large woven mats made from palm fronds. At the far right a pile of gear lies in the sand. In the distance

In the background a ridge of high mountains rises in the distance

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party travelling in the Al Khatam sands south of Al Ain

Seated portrait of three Manasir Bedouin men at their encampment in the Baynunah sands

View of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party riding a camel in the Wadi Andhur

kneels atop the camel

standing at the top of roughly hewn steps

The well at Shisr is located far underground at the bottom of the sink hole

at wedding ceremony witnessed by British Association members

In the far distance a few dhows can be seen along the horizon

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party resting during the party's journey from Khawr bin 'Atarit well in the Ghanim Sands to the Ramlat al Ghafah

taken from the (seventeenth-century) castle of Fasilidas

View of the town of 'Aynat