Life in what became the UAE, chronicled by a British anthropologist - in pictures

Peter Lienhardt in local clothing with a khanjar dagger, in what it is now the UAE. All photos: Estate of Peter Lienhardt
Peter Lienhardt in local clothing with a khanjar dagger, in what it is now the UAE. All photos: Estate of Peter Lienhardt
Two men with a camel drawing water from a desert well, somewhere in the interior of what would become the UAE in the mid 1950s
Two men with a camel drawing water from a desert well, somewhere in the interior of what would become the UAE in the mid 1950s
Peter Lienhardt with Sheikh Shakhbut bin Sultan Al Nahyan, Ruler of Abu Dhabi, outside Qasr Al Hosn, possibly in 1961
Peter Lienhardt with Sheikh Shakhbut bin Sultan Al Nahyan, Ruler of Abu Dhabi, outside Qasr Al Hosn, possibly in 1961
Bedu tribesmen photographed by British anthropologist Peter Lienhardt somewhere in the mid 1950s
Bedu tribesmen photographed by British anthropologist Peter Lienhardt somewhere in the mid 1950s
An Emirati woman with her child photographed by British anthropologist Peter Lienhardt in the mid 1950s
An Emirati woman with her child photographed by British anthropologist Peter Lienhardt in the mid 1950s
Peter Lienhardt wearing a bisht or Arab cloak in his study at Oxford University in the late 1950s or early 1960s
Peter Lienhardt wearing a bisht or Arab cloak in his study at Oxford University in the late 1950s or early 1960s