View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling ... Images of Sheikh Zayed

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling ... Images of Sheikh ZayedView of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party in the Uruq az Zayza sands in 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.

Portrait of a little boy

Group portrait of young men and boys

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

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party trekking through the Al Qafa' or As Saruq region north of Liwa oasis

At the far left a man sits on a drum barrel alongside a hanging knot of sail rigging

one sitting and one standing

In the background a high tower rises above the fence behind him

View of a man and a boy in canopy covered shipyard at the harbour in Kuwait city

Behind them a crowd of people using ropes and pulleys haul water from the well

Next to Musallim bin Tafl sit two men from Muhammad's family

In the central foreground one man bends down in front of the cockpit

View of a lake surrounded by leafy trees near Al Birk village