Seated profile portrait of Salim ... Afghanistan

Seated profile portrait of Salim ... AfghanistanSeated profile portrait of Salim bin Kabina, one of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling companions, in the region surrounding Al Ain Buraimi Oasis. Salim bin Kabina, a tribesman of the Bayt Imani lineage of Rashid Bedouin, sits facing towards the right, holding a rifle across his lap. He wears a cartridge belt with a khanjar (dagger) over his thobe (shirt) and a headscarf topped with an 'agal (head rope). Beneath his headscarf, his long hair falls down his

behind a ripe of rope

View of dhows (sailboats) beached on the waterfront in the coastal city of Jizan

Beyond the depression is a salt flat (sabkha)

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party packing camels during their journey through the Jol from Fughmah to Ghayl bin Yamayn

View of buildings at a settlement near Telouet in the High Atlas range of mountains

View of dunes in Al Dhafra sands of the Rub' al Khali

On the right a crowd of people stands around a large dhow (boat) beached on the sand alongside some square single storey houses

into which a tuft of feathers has been stuffed into its barrel

Dances were frequent occurrences

He is smiling and holds a stick in his hands

monks on the steps

View of traders at a suq (market) in the city of Ad Dali'