Seated group portrait of an ... Iraq

Seated group portrait of an ... IraqSeated group portrait of an elder tribesman of the Wahiba Bedouin with three young men in the Wadi Halfayn. On the left an elder tribesman with a large beard sits beside a tall young man, and on the right two young tribesmen sit. In front of the two young men items for making coffee, including a metal bowl, an urn and cups, lie in the sand. Behind them bare sand stretches into the far distance, where a few trees grow along the horizon. Due to the

standing beside a frankincense tree on in a wadi on the northern side of the Jabal Qara mountain range

Behind him

Far behind them groups of Bedouin and herds of camels rest on a bare flat plain

Rays of sunlight pierce through a high overhead canopy made from palm fronds

In the far distance Jebel Kawr mountain rises above the trees that grow across the plain

At his feet a peregrine falcon rests

and holds a folded bisht (robe) over his shoulder

View of houses at Bu Mughaifat

The ground below the camel is covered in fine sand dotted with small vegetation

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party riding camels through the Wadi al 'Arad sands near Umm al Marahah

View of Two of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling companions making camp under a ghaf tree [Prosopis cineraria] north of Al Ain oasis

riding on a donkey