View of a large open ... Special Orders

View of a large open ... Special OrdersView of a large open area in the city of Abha. Rows of square one and two storey buildings sit overlooking a vast empty flat. Some of the buildings are topped with adobe and parallel lines of raqf (slate) tiles. In the far distance a line of low hills rises behind the buildings. 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.

being crossed by a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party

After this meeting Salim bin Kabina joined Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party

Nomad pilgrims walking away from the Potala in the foreground

gathered for a circumcision ceremony

Further back a larger dhow and a rowboat are beached in low water

a falconer in Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting party

In the left foreground a peregrine falcon stands in soft sand

rises high above nearby buildings

The falcon perches on a wakir (block)

The watchtower is built from stone and is situated on a rocky island in the centre of the image

holding a rifle in his right hand

facing towards the left