View of vegetation growing in ... Iraq

View of vegetation growing in ... IraqView of vegetation growing in the sands of the Ramlat al Ghafah, west of the Umm as Samim quicksands. 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.

while nearby one of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions walks with a camel

In the right foreground a palm grows on a large sand flat

The man is likely Sahil

Landscape near Abha

In the centre foreground a saker (hurr) falcon perches on a wakir (block)

Portrait of Thesiger with Idris Daud

View of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's falconry party riding camels in Al Khatam sands near Jebel Hafeet (Jabal Hafit)

In the foreground 'arish huts made of palm fronds sit in fenced enclosures in an expanse of bare flat sand

There is a large number of onlookers

On the right a dhow (sailboat) is moored in shallow water

In the far right background a second camel lies couched in the sand

In the background thick vegetation grows