Wilfred Thesiger's party in the ... Afghanistan

Wilfred Thesiger's party in the ... AfghanistanWilfred Thesiger's party in the lower Wadi 'Aydim. 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.

stands with a young boy in the midst of the fort

In the foreground a vast expanse of bare sand leads to a cluster of stone and adobe buildings

Hamad bin Saadna (known by Wilfred Thesiger as Hamad bin Hanna) crouches at the left

followed closely by a small group of riders

In the far left background a third man stands next to his couched camel

resting in the party's hunting camp in the sands near Al Ain

In the foreground a wide road leads into the city of Abha

A square tower is in the background

Portrait of a man with whom Wilfred Thesiger sailed aboard a sailboat (dhow) in the Abu Dhabi Islands

Some of the goats are crowded in the cave

On the left a little boy stands beside a stone building

watched by three men standing just to the left