Portrait of Ahmed bin Ali ... Images of Sheikh Zayed

Portrait of Ahmed bin Ali ... Images of Sheikh ZayedPortrait of Ahmed bin Ali, the Mansab of 'Aynat, standing in a crowd in the town of 'Aynat. Ahmed bin Ali stands in the centre, wearing a shawl over his shoulder. Many people and animals are crowded around behind him. 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.

Seated portrait of Sahail bin Tahi

which rises to a peak on the right

who accompanied Wilfred Thesiger on a shooting trip in Danakil country

which is made up of small huts covered in grass and mud

On the left five people sit on a platform in front of some closed stalls

In the foreground rope lies on the ground

ride camels up softly sloping dune ridges towards a far peak

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party crossing dunes in Al Batin sands during their journey across the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali) from Al Dhafra sands to Liwa oasis

Behind them the sea stretches out uninterrupted to the far horizon

with a young man standing in the foreground

In the near central distance five of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions relax in camp

Group of Lhasa mummers