Seated half length portrait of an Arab falconer, a member of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting party, holding a peregrine falcon in Al Khatam sands near Al Ain. A young Arab man wearing a plain ghutra (headscarf) and a thobe (long shirt) kneels in sand with his knees turned towards the left and his upper body facing forward. He holds a peregrine falcon perched on a mangalah (cuff) out in front of him. The falcon stands in profile on the mangalah, facing towards the left. In the background small tufts of vegetation grow across a large expanse of flat sand bordered by a stand of trees in the far distance. 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 joined him on a number of hunting excursions.

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