The Empty Quarter India

The Empty Quarter IndiaView of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party in the Dhafara sands in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali). 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.

The young boy on the right

and holds a rifle

with flies covering his face and clothing

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party trekking across dunes in Al Khatam or Al Humrah sands south of Al Ain

In the centre is Shakhbut bin Sultan

In the distance the Potala

In the left foreground a falconer wearing a cap and a light coloured thobe (long shirt) topped with a cartridge belt and leather suspenders stands in a patch of soft sand holding a peregrine falcon

Their camels are chewing twigs from the bush

Behind the launch a dhow (sailboat) is moored in the creek

Group portrait of men lined up to dance in a circumcision ceremony in An Namas

on a rocky plain in the foreground

going to market to buy chickens