View of sailors changing the ... Miscellaneous

View of sailors changing the ... MiscellaneousView of sailors changing the sail on a dhow (sailboat) travelling through the Persian Gulf from Dubai to Bahrain Island. A number of sailors work on deck around a large sail that hangs down from a yard. In the centre one man stands on the cockpit holding on to the yard. Behind him two men untie the sail from the yard. In the central foreground one man bends down in front of the cockpit, while at the far right another crouches in front of the hanging

while above the sky is clear and cloudless

wearing elaborate beaded jewellery and a feather in his headband

In the distance beyond the kotia trees and buildings line the coast of Bahrain Island

View of Wilfred Thesiger's sailing companions camping on one of the Abu Dhabi islands

In the distance scattered dots of vegetation grow on the sand dunes

beneath which many men rest

Carvings of deities can be seen in the lowest band of carvings and one of Atisha or Tsongkhapa in the bottom left of the image has been carved into the rock face in the round

View of two men standing in a boat loaded with a cargo of reed mats

At Swartkop

In the central distance two of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions ride their camels

In the background a few bushes grow in rocky soil

during the party's journey from Al Ain to Ramlat Unayq