Portrait of a peregrine falcon ... John K. Hillers

Portrait of a peregrine falcon ... John K. HillersPortrait of a peregrine falcon (shahin) with its prey, a stone curlew, in the sands surrounding Al Ain. In the left foreground a peregrine falcon belonging to Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting party stands on a stone curlew, holding it down on the sand. The peregrine uses one of its wings to keep its balance on the curlew. In the background dry tufts of vegetation grow in the sand. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any

while the third man rides his camel

Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions sit in a group at the right

In the foreground a bush grows beside a small ridge on the side of a sand dune

Strips of meat is spread out on a cloth in front of him

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party camping next to a bush in the Ramlat as Sahmah

and further along a number of men sit along the ship's rail

On the left a peregrine falcon perches on a carved wooden wakir (block) staked in the sand

In the background a large dune rises to a high peak

Behind him a large bush grows along the fort wall

In the distance the party's camels graze on an abal [Calligonum comosum] bush

Portrait of a boy at the market at Umm Al Khashab

View of houses at Puchal