Wilfred Thesiger's party in the ... Iraq

Wilfred Thesiger's party in the ... IraqWilfred Thesiger's party in the Wadi Ma'adi on the journey to Al Mukalla. 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.

with its head looking back over its shoulder

In background small shrubs and bushes grow on a flat expanse of sand sitting below a sky dotted with a few low clouds

wearing a thick black 'agal (head rope) over his ghutra (headscarf) sits holding a young boy in his lap

wearing a large embroidered headscarf and leather suspenders over his thobe (shirt) is Musallim bin Al Kamam

One boy sits in the foreground and is mixing something in a cooking pot

Seated portrait of Wilfred Thesiger with the Imam of Oman's representative in Al Muwaiji near Al Muwaiji Fort in Al Ain oasis

A large dune cross-crossed with sand ridges rises from low slopes in the foreground into a high crest in the far distance

The men are gathered around a well at the bottom of the dune

stand with the camels

large double masted dhows (sailboats) built in Kuwait

In the background a large flat-roofed building sits on the right

a Yazidi elder