View of Wilfred Thesiger's party ... Special Orders

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party ... Special OrdersView of Wilfred Thesiger's party travelling through the Wadi Qinab during the party's journey to Huliyah well. 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.

past the one and two storey buildings that line the shore

wearing a dagger in a scabbard across his waist

which lies below Jabal Hafit (Jebel Hafeet)

Portrait of a young boy of the Sa'ar Bedouin at a well in the region between the city of Shibam and the Raydat as Say'ar

in front of a fence made of palm fronds

In the foreground traders stand with their baskets of merchandise

A member of Wilfred Thesiger's party

Further beyond four of Wilfred Thesiger's Rashid Bedouin companions ride camels across sand towards a few groves of date palms

Behind him three bags hang from a pole standing in the sand

The river is lined with shops and dotted with market boats

and a flat building stands on the right

He wears a cartridge belt and leather suspenders over his thobe