View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party trekking through the Ramlat ar Rabbad sands. Two of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions lead six camels down the slope of a sand dune.

Collection type: Photograph
Description: View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party trekking through the Ramlat ar Rabbad sands. Two of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions lead six camels down the slope of a sand dune.
Geographical reference: United Arab Emirates
Asia > Western Asia > United Arab Emirates; Empty Quarter [Rub‘ al Khali]; Abu Dhabi Emirate; Al Gharbia Region; Ramlat ar Rabbad [Ar Rabbāḑ]
Cultural groups: Bedouin
Person: Photographer Wilfred Patrick Thesiger; Expedition or compiler Wilfred Thesiger First Empty Quarter Crossing 1946-47; PRM source Wilfred Patrick Thesiger
Date / Period: Date of photograph: 24/12/1946 - 31/12/1946
Acquisition information: Acceptance in Lieu: 03/2004
Photographic process: Negative film Kodak; Black & White
Dimensions: Image dimension 35 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 2004.130.6618.1 Previous PRM number: WT.T.48.7 Previous other number: T/48.7
Research and responses: Research Notes - "In Rabadh we toiled across an endless sea of crescent dunes where Manasir and ‘Awamir were grazing their camels on the hadh pasturage." Wilfred Thesiger, pp. 9 in "Across the Empty Quarter", The Geographical Journal, Vol. 111, January-March 1948, pp. 1-19. [AK 17/02/2011]
Research Notes - "We travelled slowly to rest our camels and reached the Rabadh sands five days after leaving Balagh. Sometimes we saw camels." Wilfred Thesiger, pp. 149, in Arabian Sands (London, 1959). [AK 17/02/2011]

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