View of a member of ... Iran

View of a member of ... IranView of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party leading two loaded camels during the party's journey from Ma' Shadid well to Shisr 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.

which was the first well Wilfred Thesiger encountered after crossing the 'Uruq ash Shaybah

People walk along the shore

View of dhows (sailboats) beached in the sand on the shoreline of Kuwait City

A bunch of long round-bladed grass is selected

west of Shibam

View of dhows (sailboats) moored in Dubai Creek at sunset

View of a crowd of people of the Fartus tribe

Shongopavi 'is located on the point of a mesa which projects out into the plain

At the centre the cliffs slope down to a plain dotted with sparse vegetation in the far distance

Aristocratic young woman close-up

holding on to a rope [the camel is entirely outside the frame]

while behind him a man rides his camel towards the line of camels