View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling ... Alfred Maudslay

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling ... Alfred MaudslayView 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, lead eight camels across the crest of low dune chain. Two of the men are mounted on camels, one man is on foot. The crest of the dune stretches from the foreground into the

leaders of a Manahil raiding party

The falcon rests on a mangalah (cuff) on his arm

Portrait of a Yemeni boy

Exterior view of a sarifa (house)

A large sand depression lies in the foreground

Two women are in the background

are in the process of digging out a well

is building a large fire out of sticks

Further beyond a two storey building fronted with a wooden canopy lines the square

The fort Gyantse dzong at Gyantse

nestled at the foot of a large rocky mountain

with a camel in the Wadi Al Ayn