Portrait of a young man ... Images of Wilfred Thesiger

Portrait of a young man ... Images of Wilfred ThesigerPortrait of a young man of the Sa'ar Bedouin sitting on the ground in the Raydat as Say'ar. 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.

The minaret of Maruf ba Jamal Mosque is visible on the left

one of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions stands next to his camel

The two men at the back of the line both carry falcons

Close up portrait of an Arab boy in Ash Shuqaiq village

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

with goats grazing in the foreground

Trees and bushes grow in the sand around the well

One of them is the Emir's son

View of a village in the Bani Malik tribal region between 'Aqabat ash Sha'ar pass and the city of Abha

In background small shrubs and bushes grow in soft sand below a sky dotted with sparse low clouds

View of the coastline at Al Mukalla

a stone curlew