Half length portrait of Bil ... George Dixon AkedHalf length portrait of Bil Ghaith, one of Wilfred Thesiger's Hejaz guides, in Jizan. Bil Ghaith, a teenaged boy from the Harb Bedouin tribe of the Wadi al Ahsabah, accompanied Wilfred Thesiger on his 1946 and 1947 journeys through the Hejaz region. 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.
In the distance beyond a dhow (sailboat) sails up the creek
The flat is dotted with tufts of qassis (sedge)
He is standing on one leg and is wearing a fur jacket
A herd of goats climbs over the rocks behind them
The camel stands facing towards the right
He is holding onto one of the sacks
View of one of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party's camels in the Dhafara sands in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali)
and his long hair hangs down around his shoulders beneath his headscarf
The table is covered with various pieces of equipment that were used to ensure that the Mission had telegraphic communications with India and beyond during their stay
On the left an 'arish hut made of palm fronds sits beside the fort's high round corner tower
View of a group of Qara tribesmen in the Wadi Darbat
In the near distance men ride a line of camels in single file along the rocky bottom of a wadi
