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

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling ... Special OrdersView of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party resting in the Ramlat al Ghirbaniyat (Ghirbaniyat Sands). In the foreground men rest in the sand around a large tree. Equipment and blankets lie in the sand surrounding the tree. In the distance beyond scattered vegetation grows on low rolling dunes. 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.

bead necklaces

In the distance tall builds sit along the foot of a high rock escarpment

View of houses at Qabab

and behind him Alaiwa bin Lutaiya (right)

The mounted falconer second from the right is likely Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan

which is lined with 'arish huts

View of a street lined with market stalls in the city of Jeddah

Portrait of two men (named Moussa Hamma and Muhammad Sirage)

View of the shrine

several of whom are holding spears

View of a tent at an ailoq (herdsmen's summer pasture camp)

Portrait of a man (named Sultan)