View of a member of ... Portraits of notable people

View of a member of ... Portraits of notable peopleView of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party standing in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali) during the party's journey from Jaladah plain to Bani Ma'arid sands. The man is holding a rifle on his shoulder. In the background dunes with sharp crests continue into the far distance. 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.

Portrait of Musallim bin Al Kamam and a number of Wahiba Bedouin at Buraymah well in the Wadi Halfayn

to which Yazidis make an annual pilgrimage in October

standing by its entrance

View of three members of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party making camp in sand dunes west of Wadi Samhan

In background

a tribal guard

A View of the harbour at St

He wears a plain ghutra (headscarf) tied around his head and a light thobe (long shirt)

the 'village is now almost in ruins

Many women have baskets of merchandise laid out in front of them

with Salim bin Kabina carrying fodder for his camel in the foreground

A number of camels are couched in the dark sand alongside the well