Wilfred Thesiger's party in the ... Arabia

Wilfred Thesiger's party in the ... ArabiaWilfred Thesiger's party in the sands of the 'Uruq ash Shaybah, in the Rub' al Khali (Empty Quarter). 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.

Seated portrait of Sahail bin Tahi

with a falconer's leather arm protection and the falcon's hood lying on the ground

Spectators can be seen lining the Potala steps below the banners

kneels in the saddle of his camel [the camel's nose and legs are cut off by the frame]

Men crowd the deck of the dhow

pouring water into a water skin

He has braided hair

A view back from the prow of the schooner Sea Fox

In the foreground sailors pull a rowboat alongside a moored dhow

On the left a Manasir man with a thick beard and buckteeth crouches beside two members of Wilfred Thesiger's party

In the foreground sparse trees and bushes grow on a rock strewn plain below the slopes of Jebel Hafeet [Jabal Hafit]

Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan