View of one of Wilfred ... Iraq

View of one of Wilfred ... IraqView of one of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party at a Manasir encampment in Baynunah sands. Sahail bin Tahi, a tribesman of the Mudairiba lineage of Rashid Bedouin and one Wilfred Thesiger's companions, walks past a thick clump of vegetation holding a camel stick. Behind him blankets, mats, and a dog lie in front of a striped tent of belonging to a group of Manasir Bedouin. In the distance beyond two camels graze on vegetation in a vast sand flat.

Behind the men 'arish huts and date palms can be seen in the far background

On the left two women sit in the shade beside an 'arish hut

Chief Laduma in front of hut

stands at the left with three camels in a depression below a high dune

looks towards the camera

Further behind large multi-storey buildings line the square

also of the Bayt Kathir Bedouin

and an embroidered headscarf that partially blocks his face from view

taken from the roof of Khalifa Haji Umr's kasbah (fortress)

He is holding a rifle in one hand

Portrait of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party riding a camel in the Wadi 'Andam

sits cross-legged on the right