Seated profile portrait of a ... Thesiger Collection

Seated profile portrait of a ... Thesiger CollectionSeated profile portrait of a tribesman of the Rashid Bedouin at an encampment near Bir al Tawil in the Ramlat ar Rabbad. This man is the son of Muhammad, a sheikh of the Rashid Bedouin, with whom Wilfred Thesiger and his men stayed for a few days during their first crossing of the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali) in December 1946. Muhammad's son is kneeling in the sand, making a motion with his right hand. In the background to his right is a small pile

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party riding across rolling dunes in the Ramlat al Ghirbaniyat (Ghirbaniyat Sands)

Above the flat a number of 'arish huts occupied by Bani Yas villagers sit high up a steep-sided sand dune in the central distance

The photograph was taken by John Hillers from the north side and shows the pueblo's south house cluster

beached on the shore

Two are sitting on the ground

crouching on the ground in the region between the towns of Najran and Badr

View of buildings surrounding the main plaza of Tesuque pueblo

In the background large stone buildings sit along the top of the valley wall

View of two of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling companions resting in camp north of Al Ain

with his wife and other British Legation staff arriving at the palace residence (Gibbi) of the Emperor Menelik

built on a rock outcrop

sits on the left holding a rifle