View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling ... Frame:natural

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling ... Frame:naturalView of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party trekking through Al Batin sands during their journey across the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali) from Al Dhafra sands to Liwa oasis. Two members of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, tribesmen of the Bayt Imani lineage of Rashid Bedouin, lead laden camels along the side of a dune slope. The man in front leads two camels towards a depression in the sand. A second man follows some distance behind him, leading

A look out post sits at the summit of the mountain

View of five boys standing in front of beached dhows (sailboats) at the harbour in Kuwait City

Seven people kneel close together in the sand

having surpassed every Indian

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

Portrait of a young Arab boy loading a donkey with filled water skins in front of a wall in Kuwait City

In the Wadi ad Dhila

The market at Abha with Al Shada Palace in the background

Thesiger and his party first met Hamad bin Saadna during their traverse of the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali) between the 'Uruq ash Shaybah dunes and Khaba well in Saudi Arabia

In the foreground six men are gathered around a dead camel

leans forward on his elbows

sheep and goats stand by the well