Thesiger's tarada in the Marshes Images of Sheikh Zayed

Thesiger's tarada in the Marshes Images of Sheikh ZayedView from behind of two of Wilfred Thesiger's canoe boys (named Sabaiti bin Lazim and Amara bin Thuqub), paddling his tarada (sheikh's canoe) forward. 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.

View of camels belonging to Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party resting in one of the vast rocky plains below Jabal Sumeini

Group portrait of Wilfred Thesiger (centre) and members of his travelling party: Mabkhaut bin Arbain

View of a steep mountain near the Zanskar river

holding a large pottery vessel used to contain beer

In the distance beyond the limestone walls of Jebel Hafeet [Jabal Hafit] mountain fill the background

View of a mud building with a round stone tower

Further behind large multi-storey buildings line the square

standing against the wall of a ruined fort in the cliffs above Andhur spring

feeing a peregrine falcon with the brains of a bustard which it has killed

In the left foreground Salim bin Kabina

standing beneath a canopy

In the far distance beyond the mountain Jabal Hafit (Jebel Hafeet) can be seen above the horizon