View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling ... Afghanistan

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling ... AfghanistanView of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party trekking in the Ramlat ar Rabbad sands. In the foreground two Bedouin carrying rifles pause with a group of five saddled camels, one of which is couched. The man on the right is looking out into the far right distance. Behind them a sabkha (salt flat) lies in the distance beyond the dunes. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were

Salim bin Kabina wears a dark thobe (shirt) and a ghutra (headscarf) tied closely around his head and neck

The boy on the right holds a camel stick and stands with one hand at his waist

He still wear the black skin cloak and has also been adorned with woman's earrings and an ostrich feather headdress

Close up portrait of Salim bin Ham

Seated group portrait of five villagers or Bedouin men in the region of Al Ain oasis

He carries a rifle

View of a tall round watchtower in the town of Badr

A few houses have a barjeel (wind tower) on their roof

In the foreground bushes grow on a flat plain

Huts made from palm material in Baydayn village in Wadi Hali

The man kneels on the ground beside a geometrically patterned carpet

Behind it two sailors stand facing the ship's mast