View of a city square ... Thesiger Collection

View of a city square ... Thesiger CollectionView of a city square in the city of Jeddah or At Taif. In the foreground a few goats stand near a cafe in a square. Further behind large multi storey buildings line the square. In the right background a single storey stone building sits along the far edge of the square. 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.

with a boy standing on rocks in the foreground

In is in a state of disrepair

In the far distance a steep faced rocky mountain rises above the flat

In the background a vast flat plain dotted with bushes stretches out into the far distance

a tributary of the Euphrates

His hands are clasped together in his lap on top of his dark bisht (robe) which he wears over a light coloured thobe (long shirt)

with two men standing on the surrounding ground

Further along in the Shindagha district

a sheikh of the Rashid Bedouin

On the right two porters carry cargo on their shoulders

This image was taken during Wilfred Thesiger's journey from Al Ain to Liwa oasis

Each of the three men wears a thobe (long shirt) and a headscarf (ghutra) topped with agal (head ropes)