Summit of Mir Samir AfghanistanView of the snow capped summit of Mir Samir (6,059 metres), taken from the Chamar Pass. 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.
tribesmen of the Bayt Imani lineage of Rashid Bedouin
while above the sky is empty of clouds
A line of men wave their muskets at crowd of spectators perched on a stone wall behind them
View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party in the desert of the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali)
He is pictured wearing traditional dress of kimono with mon (family emblem) and is carrying a katana (long sword)
Portrait of a man from the Rijal al Ma tribal group near the city of Abha
Each man wears a khanjar (dagger) on a cartridge belt over his thobe (long shirt)
In the background the sand is bare of vegetation
View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party taking a rest in the Al Dhafra sands during their journey across the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali) from Dhibi well to Al Batin sands
He wears a khanjar (dagger) with a cartridge belt and suspenders over his thobe (long shirt)
Tendong Shappe in black fox fur hat and gold coloured chuba
Spain (1837)
