View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling ... Sue JohnsonView of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party at a palm grove in Liwa oasis. Salim bin Ghabaisha, a tribesman of the Bayt Imani lineage of Rashid Bedouin, stands in the centre foreground, facing towards the right where a large pile of camping gear sits in the sand. Behind him three of Wilfred Thesiger's Rashid Bedouin companions mill among a few couched camels, preparing to load the gear onto the camels. In the far background date palms cultivated by
and in the background below one and two storey buildings
View of two small boats moored in Dubai Creek
Rain clouds gathering in the sky
View of Musallim bin Al Kamam
In the background three large ghaf [Prosopis cineraria] trees grow in the distance
armlets and anklets) of the period are all in evidence
In the far distance beyond scattered vegetation grows across a vast flat plain stretching out to the far horizon
Behind the tumulus a vast empty flat stretches out uninterrupted to the far horizon
The woman on the right has her arms around a young boy standing in front of her
waterproofing a mashuf (canoe) with pitch
Barren gravel stretches across a vast flat to the city of Abha
Behind them more men stand on the deck of the boom near the main mast
