Gilzai nomads migrating Images of Wilfred Thesiger

Gilzai nomads migrating Images of Wilfred ThesigerView of several Ghilzai nomads with a laden camel, migrating from the Maidan to Jalalabad and Pakistan for the winter. 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 third man sits on a rock and watches the action

wearing a dagger in scabbard across his waist

The mounted falconer second from the right is likely Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan

Seated portrait of Wilfred Thesiger with the Imam of Oman's representative in Al Muwaiji near Al Muwaiji Fort in Al Ain oasis

An Arab falconer in a thobe (long shirt) and ghutra (headscarf) stands in the foreground

Their headdresses of animal fur and ostrich plumes are typical of the period

the other three storeys

He wears a plain ghutra (headscarf) tied around his head and a light thobe (long shirt)

with a member of Thesiger's party walking in snow formations called névés pénitents in the foreground

in the far distance

with people processing from its entrance in the foreground

surrounding a round watchtower on all sides