Distant view of Wilfred Thesiger's ... John K. Hillers

Distant view of Wilfred Thesiger's ... John K. HillersDistant view of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party at a well in Al Batin sands during their journey across the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali) from Al Dhafra sands to Liwa oasis. Three of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling companions, tribesmen of the Bayt Imani lineage of Rashid Bedouin, are in the process of digging out a well. One man stands to the left of the well. Beside him, a second man is leaning over the well. A third man squats at the edge of the

Yellow hat on his head

The building's windows are filled with carved wooden window screens and painted decorations cover the plaster walls

holding a stick behind his back

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party trekking through Al Batin sands

In the distance palm trees grow along the bottom of the mountain slopes that surround Tarim

View of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party descending a dune in Al Batin sands during their journey across the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali) from Al Dhafra sands to Liwa oasis

In the far distance beyond vast rolling dunes spreads out below a far rocky mountain

holding a water skin

In the far distance beyond rocky mountains rise along the horizon

Portrait of a boy of the Bani Malik tribe sitting on a donkey

In the foreground a vast expanse of sand

posed in a line standing and seated