Sheikh Maziad bin Hamdan Frame:whitePortrait of a man, Sheikh Maziad bin Hamdan of the Al Essa tribe, standing in the doorway of a mudhif (guest house). 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.
In the far background trees grow in the sand
Portrait of a member of the Mutayr tribe
Behind the compound a tall building
its wings tucked behind its chest
The boom sits on the left
and a few two storey buildings
off the coast near Scarborough (circa 1830s)
At the centre the cliffs slope down to a plain dotted with sparse vegetation in the far distance
and in the far distance a jagged mountain rises above the horizon
holding a falcon in the sands near Al Ain
while the lower storey is completely walled in
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
