View of dhows (sailboats) moored ... Thesiger Collection

View of dhows (sailboats) moored ... Thesiger CollectionView of dhows (sailboats) moored in Dubai Creek. In the foreground dhows are moored on either side of Dubai Creek. In the distance one and two storey buildings with wind towers (barjeel) line the far bank of the creek. 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.

A two storey barjeel (wind tower) atop its roof

In the distance beyond scattered vegetation grows across a vast flat plain of sand

"dressed with flags and saluting in commemoration of the Battle of Trafalgar"

In the foreground a peregrine falcon perches in profile on a carved wooden wakir (block)

"Iron Hill"

formed from bundles of giant reeds

The camel has longish curly hair and poses in profile looking towards the left

The four retainers stand in a line in front of a disused cannon and the walls of Qasr Al Hosn fort

wearing a felt hat

standing in front of a cannon outside Qasr Al Hosn fort in Abu Dhabi

ready to be burnt

This man is the son of Muhammad