Portrait of an Arab falconer ...

Portrait of an Arab falconer ...Portrait of an Arab falconer, a member of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting party, riding a camel with a peregrine falcon in Al Khatam sands near Al Ain. A falconer wearing a thobe (long shirt) and a ghutra (headscarf) toped with a dark 'agal (head rope) rides side saddle on a camel facing into the right distance (only the camel's torso is in the frame). He holds a hooded peregrine falcon on a mangalah (cuff) on his left arm, and a camel

Portrait of an Arab falconer, a member of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting party, riding a camel with a peregrine falcon in Al Khatam sands near Al Ain. A falconer wearing a thobe (long shirt) and a ghutra (headscarf) toped with a dark 'agal (head rope) rides side-saddle on a camel facing into the right distance (only the camel's torso is in the frame). He holds a hooded peregrine falcon on a mangalah (cuff) on his left arm, and a camel stick in his other hand. In the background bushes and other vegetation grow on rolling sands behind him. 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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