Portrait of two Rashid tribesmen ... Frame:none

Portrait of two Rashid tribesmen ... Frame:nonePortrait of two Rashid tribesmen at an encampment near Bir al Tawil in the Ramlat ar Rabbad. The two men sit cross legged on the ground. They are using daggers to strip meat off bones. These men are sons of Muhammad, a sheikh of the Rashid Bedouin, with whom Wilfred Thesiger and his Bedouin companions stayed during their first crossing of the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali) in December 1946. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any

stands at the far left side

She is saddled with a dark sheepskin and carries bags and a rifle

while to the right a pile of rubble sits next to the path

while the man at the back of the line rides

are unloading camels in front of the hut

one of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin guides

which is lined with 'arish huts

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party's camels grazing in sand dunes in Wadi Samhan

wearing the goatskin and ostrich feather headdress associated with the circumcision ritual

In the far distance beyond are high

View of one of Wilfred Thesiger's guides in a valley on Jebel Hafeet [Jabal Hafit] mountain

wearing large embroidered headscarves and light coloured shirts (thobe) are members of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party