Wilfred Thesiger's party filling water ... Images of Wilfred Thesiger

Wilfred Thesiger's party filling water ... Images of Wilfred ThesigerWilfred Thesiger's party filling water skins at a well in Ghanim Sands, during the party's journey from Khasfah well to Matki well near Mughshin Oasis. 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.

At this time Ali bin Mohammed al Imani was the Sheikh of the village of Al Makhwah

View through some trees towards a mountain range

On the extreme right distance Jabal al Akhdar is just visible above the plain

In the far distance a hobbled camel wanders across the salt flat amongst scattered vegetation

Group portrait of three men and three boys from one of the Qara tribes in the Jabal Qara mountains

Behind them more men stand on the deck of the boom near the main mast

Yapshi Lungdun

A wadi bed near Andhur

He wears a striped waistcoat and an embossed silver khanjar (dagger) over his thobe (long shirt) and has a plaid cloth draped over his shoulder

View of people at the souk (market) at Boumalne

a Yazidi elder

View of a square watchtower erected alongside farmers' fields in the region between the Tamniyah mountains and Al 'Abis village