3 0 c m
40cm
actual image size: 32cm x 21cm
Description
View of Sheikh Saqr bin Mohammed Al Qasimi's fort in the town of Ras Al Khaimah. In the right foreground two men walk towards a stand of palms growing on a large sand flat. In the distance beyond 'arish huts and enclosures made from palm fronds border the left side of the flat. Sheikh Saqr bin Mohammed Al Qasimi's fort sits in the central distance, while further beyond the Ru'us Al Jibal mountains rise in the far distance.
Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were archived by the Pitt Rivers Museum.
Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were archived by the Pitt Rivers Museum.
Image Details
Accession Number
2004.130.25499.1
Format
Film Negative 35mm
Country
United Arab Emirates
Region
Ras Al Khaimah Emirate; Ras Al Khaimah
Cultural Group
Arab
Photographer
Wilfred Patrick Thesiger
Date
March - April 1950
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