View of adobe and slate ... Iraq

View of adobe and slate ... IraqView of adobe and slate buildings in the city of Abha. In the near distance sits a cluster of one and two storey buildings built from adobe bricks topped with parallel lines of raqf (slate) tiles. In the far distance Al Milha and Al Shada palaces are visible in the background. 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.

including the square Shindagha watchtower in the Shindagha district

leaving the port at Barcelona (1837)

In the left foreground a peregrine falcon stands in soft sand

All of the buildings are topped with adobe and parallel lines of raqf (slate) tiles to prevent weather erosion

or crowfoot (ranunculus aquatilis)

sitting and squatting on the ground

a sheikh of the Musaifar lineage of Rashid Bedouin and one of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling companions

In the foreground a large compound of 'arish huts

The boy on the left

with two men walking beside a laden mule in the foreground

In the foreground three Arab men and a boy stand beside a group of donkeys

third from left