View of a tower house ... Frame:natural

View of a tower house ... Frame:naturalView of a tower house made from rammed earth near the town of Badr. 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.

a type of dhow) and other boats in the harbour at Basra

A falconer in a light coloured thobe (long shirt) topped with a cartridge belt holds a peregrine falcon on a mangalah (cuff) on one arm

The latter can be seen in the foreground of the picture

Portrait of a boy at Umm al Khashab

In the background a large clump of bushes grows between sand dunes

On the left an Arab falconer carries a hooded falcon on a mangalah (cuff) on his arm

In the far distance a few dhows can be seen along the horizon

some with mules

and wears beaded ornaments around his head and neck

View of members of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party watering their camels at Yisub well

Mountains in background

A small canoe is towed behind the dhow