View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling ... Images of Sheikh Zayed

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling ... Images of Sheikh ZayedView of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party resting in the 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.

In the far left background two boats bob in the water

View of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party walking across a rocky plain during their journey from the Ramlat Unayq

They each hold a rifle in their right hand and wear a khanjar (dagger) tucked in a cartridge belt over their thobe (long shirt)

Mountain landscape at Harub village with a riverbed and trees in the foreground

carrying a young boy on his back

Portrait of a young man of the 'Ifaar Bedouin at the Habarut wells

while in the distance a few more small boats are beached on the sand

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party trekking across a dune towards a palm grove in Liwa oasis

Stern view of dhows moored along the shore of Bahrain Island

and another ridge of high

A few people stand behind them

In the left foreground a large dry bush grows in the sand