Portrait of Muhammad, a sheikh ... Frame:gold

Portrait of Muhammad, a sheikh ... Frame:goldPortrait of Muhammad, a sheikh of the Rashid Bedouin, at his encampment near Bir al Tawil in the Ramlat ar Rabbad sands. Muhammad sits cross legged on the ground with his hands clasped in his lap. Muhammad and his sons hosted Wilfred Thesiger's party at his encampment for a number of days in December 1946 during Wilfred Thesiger's first crossing of the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali). Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of

In the foreground a man walks toward a group of saddled and loaded camels resting beside a low tree

View of a crowd

Long low buildings with many doorways line the street

In the distance dunes rise to high peaks along the horizon

In the foreground a child leading a large camel and two men stand at a well

View of a large building at a village in the region between the town of Ad Dhafir and Jabal Baydan

rocky flat

In the distance beyond one of Wilfred Thesiger's Rashid Bedouin companions rides a camel across a stretch of sand dotted with a few bushes

The group is heading across a grassy clearing towards a vast expanse of forest in the background

Portrait of two boys of the Bayt Zabnawt lineage of Mahra Bedouin at Habarut [Habrut] wells

a rifle and a cartridge belt

The sea is empty and calm behind the boat