View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling ... Frame:natural

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling ... Frame:naturalView of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party trekking through Al Batin sands during their journey across the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali) from Al Dhafra sands to Liwa oasis. Members of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, tribesmen of the Bayt Imani lineage of Rashid Bedouin, ride camels across a vast expanse of low rolling sand dunes dotted with bushes. In the foreground a large bush grows in a hollow on a near dune. Due to the nature of these

in front of a date palm plantation

'arish huts and enclosures made from palm fronds sit in the sand along the shore

with only a single entrance

On the right a young boy stands in the street

Servants can be seen in the background

Very good view of appliqué victory banners made of brocade

carries a dead MacQueen's Bustard (houbara) by its legs

sits in the middle between Salim bin Tamtaim and another man

View of Muwaiji Fort at Al Ain

and sometimes as a strainer

winnowing grain

The Lord Chamberlain