Portrait of sailors rowing a ...

Portrait of sailors rowing a ...Portrait of sailors rowing a dhow on which Wilfred Thesiger sailed with Sheikh Hazaa bin Sultan Al Nahyan and his retainers. A number of men sit on the gunwale of a sailboat, holding oars. At the left two sailors pull on a large wooden oar. A young boy (centre) perches on an drum barrel beside them. Further along the gunwale, another pair of sailors hold onto a second oar. At the far right a man in a waistcoat sits on the gunwale. This image was taken

Portrait of sailors rowing a dhow on which Wilfred Thesiger sailed with Sheikh Hazaa bin Sultan Al Nahyan and his retainers. A number of men sit on the gunwale of a sailboat, holding oars. At the left two sailors pull on a large wooden oar. A young boy (centre) perches on an drum barrel beside them. Further along the gunwale, another pair of sailors hold onto a second oar. At the far right a man in a waistcoat sits on the gunwale. This image was taken during Wilfred Thesiger's week and a half long sailing trip around the Abu Dhabi Islands with Sheikh Hazaa bin Sultan Al Nahyan, Sheikh Khalid bin Sultan Al Nahyan and their retainers in March 1948.

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