Standing full length portrait of ... Iran

Standing full length portrait of ... IranStanding full length portrait of Wilfred Thesiger taken by an unknown photographer in the region surrounding Al Ain Buraimi Oasis. Wilfred Thesiger stands in the sand holding a camel stick (his head is partially cut off by the frame). He wears a khanjar (dagger) on a cartridge belt with leather suspenders over his thobe (shirt). Behind him on the left a dry bush grows in the sand. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of

leading them down the slope

View of a large building at a village in the region between the town of Ad Dhafir and Jabal Baydan

ride camels across a softly ridged dune

View of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party standing in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali) during the party's journey from Jaladah plain to Bani Ma'arid sands

On the right a man sits in the shade of large tree

Behind them a low rolling dune dotted with scattered vegetation fills the background

Nearby in the right foreground a young man leans on a camel stick with one arm and holds a peregrine falcon on a mangalah (cuff) on his other arm

View of dunes and a vast sand flat in the 'Uruq ash Shaybah region of the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali)

leaning on a blanket

A hearth with a row of coffee pots is in front of them

past a high coral wall on the right

In the background many more buildings are visible in the city