Portrait of a tribesman of ... Afghanistan

Portrait of a tribesman of ... AfghanistanPortrait of a tribesman of the Sahul Bedouin standing with his camels at one of the Rumah wells. In the foreground the man stands alongside a taunt rope, holding his hand out over the rope. The camels stand on the left. 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.

described only a few years later as virtually uninhabited ('almost extinct')

The ocean surrounding the j

The British Mission lunch with the Lord Chamberlain

a Bani Yas settlement in the desert sands of Liwa oasis

and in the distance beyond the mountain Jebel Hafeet (Jabal Hafit) rises above the horizon

The building is three storeys tall and it has a number of small windows

a young boy of Bayt Giidad lineage of Bayt Kathir Bedouin

A wakir (block) lies in the man's lap

spread out

Wilfred Thesiger's party camping in the Wadi Madi during their journey to Al Mukalla

probably in Ha Long Bay

He holds a rifle and a camel stick in his hands