Group portrait of Wilfred Thesiger ... Size:medium

Group portrait of Wilfred Thesiger ... Size:mediumGroup portrait of Wilfred Thesiger with the four members of his travelling party who accompanied him on his first crossing of the Rub' al Khali (Empty Quarter). In the first row Mabkhaut bin Arbain, a tribesman of the Bayt Gidad lineage of Bayt Kathir Bedouin, sits on the left. Salim bin Kabina, a young tribesman of the Bayt Imani lineage of Rashid Bedouin, sits on the right. In the back row Musallim bin Tafl, a tribesman of the Bayt Kathir Bedouin,

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party watering their camels in or near Ghayl bin Yumayn

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

Seated group portrait of four young Wahiba Bedouin in the Wadi Halfayn

having surpassed every Indian

Behind him trees and mountains

In the distance below the ridge lies a vast plain dotted with sparse vegetation

795 in the standard Western (Gregorian) calendar

This haircut is a sign that the boy on the right has not yet been circumcised

looking towards the sea

View of two members of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party riding through the desert near Umm az Zumul well

a type of dhow) raising the mainsail by pulling on ropes

Locals are walking through the gateway