View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling ... Size:large

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling ... Size:largeView of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party at a well in Al Batin sands during their journey across the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali) from Al Dhafra sands to Liwa oasis. Three of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling companions, tribesmen of the Bayt Imani lineage of Rashid Bedouin, dig out a well while a few camels wait expectantly nearby. 'Amair bin 'Omar stands in the well at the far left. He is holding a length of rope in both hands. The rope is attached

The young boy on the right

Portrait of Muhammad bin Fadil

View of two booms (large boats

He is pictured wearing traditional dress of kimono with mon (family emblem) and is carrying a katana (long sword)

Men sit crowded together on the deck of the dhow

In the centre left foreground a man in a waistcoat and thobe (long shirt)

He also carries a rifle on his left shoulder

holding a rifle over his right shoulder

holding a rifle in his right hand

heir apparent to the Emperor Menelik

In the foreground Salim bin Ghabaisha (right) rides his camel across the top of a sand ridge behind a baggage camel

Wilfred Thesiger sits in the centre of the back row