View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling ... Tibet

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling ... TibetView 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. Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, tribesmen of the Bayt Imani lineage of Rashid Bedouin, lead a caravan of camels along a low dune ridge at the edge of a salt flat (sabkha). One man stands at a low point in the ridge with his two camels. The rest of the caravan is walking

standing on the crest of a dune in the Awarik sands in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali)

with a man standing outside

View overlooking the Wadi Andhur near Andhur spring

A man with a trim moustache stands against a wall

Distant view of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party at a well in Al Batin sands during their journey across the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali) from Al Dhafra sands to Liwa oasis

Behind him small tufts of vegetation jut out across a vast sand flat from the near foreground into the far distance

The minaret is decorated with geometric patterns made from coloured tiles

in his lap

A long narrow flag flies from a post at the back of the awning

In the far left distance a vast flat plain dotted with vegetation is visible behind the ridge

Portrait of Sadr

Behind the trees Sheikh Saqr bin Mohammed Al Qasimi's fort is visible in the far distance