Portrait of four of Wilfred Thesiger's sailing companions in resting in camp on one of the Abu Dhabi islands. At the far left, an older man sits cross-legged, leaning on a rolled sleeping mat and mattress. Two young men sit in the centre behind him, one of whom is wearing a waistcoat over his thobe (ankle-length shirt). On the right a fourth man kneels in the sand with his hands in his lap. He has an 'agal (head rope) draped like a sash over his waistcoat and his thobe (ankle-length shirt). In the background a man stands by a bush on which a cooking pot rests. This image was taken during Wilfred Thesiger's week and a half long sailing trip around the Abu Dhabi Islands with Sheikh Hazaa bin Sultan Al Nahyan, Sheikh Khalid bin Sultan Al Nahyan and their retainers in March 1948.

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