View of a large sand ... Size:large

View of a large sand ... Size:largeView of a large sand dune in the Ramlat ar Rabbad sands. In the near distance a Bedouin man, a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, rests at the bottom of a large dune next to his camel. The dune rises to a high crest on the right, and is dotted with clumps of vegetation. Two small trees grow below the dune. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were archived by

an Abyssinian 'Patriot' soldier

alongside Thesiger stands his Nuer interpreter Malo

Both men ride camels followed by baggage camels on leads

and his long hair hangs down around his shoulders

A man kneels in sand dotted with small shoots of vegetation with a peregrine falcon perched on his mangalah (cuff)

with mountains in the Karakoram range in the distance

leaning on a rifle

They all hold onto a thick rope and lean to the left

The vertical lines on the figure are caused by water dripping through the roof above

He grips the mast with his legs

A saddled thoroughbred Omani camel belonging to Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan is couched in the sand facing forward

Some of the men also wear khanjars (daggers) on cartridge belts over their thobe