Thesiger's party in the Empty Quarter Thesiger Collection

Thesiger's party in the Empty Quarter Thesiger CollectionView of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party in the desert of the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali). 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.

a tribesman of the Wahiba Bedouin

A falconer in a light coloured thobe (long shirt) topped with a cartridge belt holds a peregrine falcon on a mangalah (cuff) on one arm

with abal bushes growing on the sand dunes

The buildings are square shaped and made from stones

decorated with markhor (Capra falconeri

Five men stand in a line in a sandy area

one of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin guides

The red painted walls designate the holiest parts of the building

This portrait was taken by Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin travelling companion

A few goats walk through the square

with a man standing in front of its entrance

and a few men stand in the boat alongside the sail