View of an abal bush ... Images of Wilfred Thesiger

View of an abal bush ... Images of Wilfred ThesigerView of an abal bush growing amongst rolling dunes in Al Batin sands in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali). Successive dune ridges rise from the near foreground into the far distance. At the far right a large clump of abal (calligonum comosum) grows on the side of a dune. A line of footprints marks the sand in the foreground. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were

holding onto sail rigging

View of a group of men from the Bin Maaruf lineage of Sa'ar Bedouin sitting in a circle at Manwakh well

View of a watch-tower and houses at Ghawas

Sir Basil Gould is in the middle distance with horses belonging to the Mission he was leading to Lhasa in the background

View of hilly terrain in southern Ethiopia

Portrait of a group of men and boys standing in a crowd at Suq al Sabt market below Jabal Mana'

the cousin of Khali Aga

Portrait of Hamad bin Saadna (known by Wilfred Thesiger as Hamad bin Hanna)

These eagles are kept in stockade cages

with tall houses either side

A few of the men row the boat using long wooden oars

A crowd of onlookers watch the photographer