View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling ... Iraq

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling ... IraqView of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party trekking between dunes in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali) during the party's journey from Jaladah plain to Bani Ma'arid sands. 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.

Portrait of three boys from one of the Qara tribes in the Jabal Qara mountains

Side view of dhows (sailboats) moored along the shore of Bahrain Island

After this meeting Salim bin Kabina joined Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party packing up in the Baynunah or Al Khatam sands during their return journey to Al Ain

View of a house with a large wind tower (barjeel) in Dubai

View of farmers' fields in the region between 'Aqabat ash Sha'ar pass and the city of Abha

In the centre is Shakhbut bin Sultan

A smiling older Bedouin man with a thick beard sits in the sand

In the foreground people stand at an open air market

In the near distance a Bedouin man stands in a small patch of shade beneath a tall tree in an expanse of sand

holding an abaya (cloak) around herself

In the distance a few bushes grow in rolling sands