View of two men standing ... Type:unstretched canvas

View of two men standing ... Type:unstretched canvasView of two men standing in a field in the Raydat as Say'ar region, north of the Wadi Hadhramawt. In the background of a cluster of buildings sit atop a hill. The buildings have flat roofs and low walls, and are clustered around a square watchtower. Trees grow on the plain in the background. [Image is blurred] 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

A house near the summit at Jabal Fayfa

Two of the men are on a trunk

Further behind a man stands next to a similar boat

and behind him another man leads a fourth camel towards the group

Muhammad bin Shuas

In the distance the party's camels graze on scattered vegetation growing on rolling sands

standing knee-deep in water

and whose primary aim was to legitimate and reinforce the power of the ruler

holding a hooded peregrine falcon on his right arm

Wilfred Thesiger sits at the centre

Their habits and customs are similar to those of San Felipe

during their journey to Wadi Thu'ayt