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