View of sand dunes and ... Thesiger Collection

View of sand dunes and ... Thesiger CollectionView of sand dunes and a Bani Yas settlement in Liwa oasis. Tufts of grass or qassis (sedge) grow in a depression between sand dunes in the central foreground. In the distance beyond groves of date palms grow in depressions between the dunes and across a far sand flat. High above the groves a number of 'arish huts occupied by Bani Yas villagers sit on steep sided dunes in the central distance. In the far right distance sand dunes rise along the

Group portrait of a three older boys at Ad Darb well

wearing a ghutra (headscarf) and a T-shirt

View overlooking the city of Shibam

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party walking past 'arish huts in Liwa oasis

and holds a folded bisht (robe) over his shoulder

Portrait of a man [image indistinct]

Portrait of two Sa'ar Bedouin women and a man hauling water from Manwakh well

On the left Hamad

would become one of Wilfred Thesiger's most loyal travelling companions after this journey

View of desert landscape in the region of Umm az Zumul well

In the distance beyond scattered dots of vegetation grow amongst rolling dunes

In the far distance at the left a salt flat (sabkha) lies below a high dune massif rising along the horizon