Half-length portrait of Muhammad, a ... Images of Wilfred Thesiger

Half-length portrait of Muhammad, a ... Images of Wilfred ThesigerHalf length portrait of Muhammad, a sheikh of the Rashid Bedouin, at his encampment near Bir al Tawil in the Ramlat ar Rabbad sands. Muhammad, wearing a ghutra (head cloth) and aghal (head rope), is sitting on the ground. He looks directly forward and his hands are clasped in front of his body. Muhammad and his sons hosted Wilfred Thesiger's party at his encampment for a number of days in December 1946 during Wilfred Thesiger's first crossing of the

while in the far distance buildings line the shores of Bahrain Island

The group is heading towards a salt flat (sabkha) below that is dotted with sparse vegetation

Seated portrait of an Arab man in Ras Al Khaimah Emirate

An empty and calm sea fills the distance behind the dhow

pouring coffee from a pot into a small cup

The sand below the camel is dotted with small growths of vegetation

View of tribesmen at a suq (market) in the city of Lawdar in Abyan Governorate

and in the far distance the rolling downs continue across to the horizon below a hazy sky

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party watering camels at a well during the party's journey from Jabal Buwaydah to the town of Al Qabil

Group portrait of a man and three boys from one of the Qara tribes in the Jabal Qara mountains

in the far distance

Beyond them rolling dunes rise along the horizon below a cloudless sky