View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling ... Special Orders

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling ... Special OrdersView of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party trekking towards high dunes in the Bani Ma'arid sands of the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali). A few bushes grow at the bottom of the dune. 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.

on their journey towards Al Humrah sands

On the far left a man stands amongst dry vegetation on a sand dune

string waist belt and waist beads (tik nungo) and earrings (stadi)

Portrait of Sheikh Hazaa bin Sultan Al Nahyan on a dhow (sailboat) in the Abu Dhabi islands

Portrait of a man (named Muhammad al Auf)

On the left a Bedouin falconer carries a falcon on his arm

The party's camels are grazing on ghaf [Prosopis cineraria] trees

A crowd of people at the market in Umm al Khashab village in the Wadi Baysh

Behind them a few trees and bushes grow on the downs

pouring out water for the camels to drink

On the left a date palm grove sits behind a ruined wall which connects to the base of the watchtower

Portrait of two boys of the Mahra Bedouin at Habarut [Habrut] wells