View of Wilfred Thesiger's party ... Size:large

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party ... Size:largeView of Wilfred Thesiger's party in their camp in Al Khatam or Al Humrah sands south of Al Ain. In the foreground Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions stand nearby their camels amongst At the centre a few couched camels sit amongst scattered camping gear and camel blankets lying in the sand, while a member of the party walks after a camel walking towards the left. On the right four more men stand next to couched camels. In the background a number of

On the right Warad

owned by Wilfred Thesiger in 1950

trots along beside them

an ibex-hunter

while the other three follow behind

taken from the elevated site of the castle (now destroyed) at Alamut

In the distance a third man follows behind

The falcon's burqa (hood) lies in the sand to the right of the wakir

along the shoreline

View of shelters at an ailoq (herdsmen's summer pasture camp) on the northern slopes of the Kuh-e-Baba range of mountains

A basket filled with grain is in front of them

and closer still to the camera the collector James Stevenson can be seen talking with a local inhabitant