View of locals and Wilfred ... Frame:gold

View of locals and Wilfred ... Frame:goldView of locals and Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party at a well during their journey from Jabal Sumeini to Sharjah. A number of Arab and Bedouin men and camels stand around a well. On the right six men stand around the well opening, which has been topped with concrete or rammed earth. In the centre two men stand side by side,. One of the men is tying up a animal skin filled with water. On the left a man crouches on the ground with his rifle, and a

while above the sky is empty of clouds

taken from the Chamar Pass

In the foreground a vast rocky plain leads to fields and a cluster of buildings in the city of Abha

View of tall buildings in the town of Al-Saum

Adobe and stone buildings in the city of Abha sit on the far side of the field

At the centre a man in a light coloured thobe (long shirt) pulls on the head rope of a saddled camel

View of four Awamir Bedouin women at a well near Al Ain

It the far distance a high mountain rises above the plain

on one of the Abu Dhabi islands

faces forward

View of dunes in Al Batin sands in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali)

View of the door to the prison in Al Fahidi fort in the Bastakiya quarter of old Dubai