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 Dhafra sands during their journey across the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali) from Dhibi well to Al Batin sands. Three of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling companions, tribesmen of the Bayt Imani lineage of Rashid Bedouin, ride their mounts across a vast softly rolling plain. Behind each man's mount baggage camels follow on leads. In the background low dunes stretch into the far distance. Due to

View of Al 'Abis village in Qahtan tribal territory on the Hejaz plateau

Three members of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party ride their camels along the road

View of dune chains in the Al Dhafra sands between Dhibi well and Al Batin sands in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali)

one of Wilfred Thesiger's servants

In the far background a few trees grow in the far distance

Portrait of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan with a saker falcon

A sand dune lies in the foreground

wearing a distinctive hat and an animal skin over his shoulders

One of the boys is holding a stick

On this day

with a member of Thesiger's party walking in snow formations called névés pénitents in the foreground

View of a sambuk