Wilfred Thesiger's party in the ... Special Orders

Wilfred Thesiger's party in the ... Special OrdersWilfred Thesiger's party in the Wadi 'Andam, possibly at Al Jiza well. Ali bin Said bin Rashid, a sheikh of the Yahahif lineage of Wahiba Bedouin, stands next to his couched camel in the centre of the group. Salim bin Kabina, a tribesman of the Bayt Imani lineage of Rashid Bedouin, sits atop his camel, which stands at the back of the group. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before

Three-quarter length portrait of two local Bedouin men at a well between Jabal Sumeini and Sharjah

Three of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling companions

Another building on top of the hill

sitting in Jabal Qara

resting with their loads

while in the far distance buildings line the coast of Bahrain Island

Just behind them a few more Sahul Bedouin unload the other camels in their party

while in the distance low vegetation and a far tree grow on a flat plain

a centre of the Zoroastrian community

sheer-faced dune with a wind-rippled crest

View of loaded camels being led over a rocky plain

which rise up to the peak at the top of the dune on the right