Seated portrait of Muhammad, a ... Type:art print

Seated portrait of Muhammad, a ... Type:art printSeated portrait of Muhammad, a sheikh of the Rashid Bedouin, at his encampment in the Ramlat ar Rabbad sands near Bir al Tawil. Muhammad, an elderly man with a long white beard, kneels in the sand. He is looking down at his hands, which he holds together at his waist. In the background a single metal cooking pot sits in the sand. Wilfred Thesiger and his men stayed with Muhammad and his extended family in the Ramlat ar Rabbad for a few days during

The building is three storeys tall and it has a number of small windows

Three storey chorten containing the tomb of the 13th Dalai Lama in the Potala Palace

These are square buildings with small windows and flat roofs

Exterior view of the mudhif (guest house) belonging to Haji Ubaid of the Al Hasan tribe

and sustained intimate relations to them

In the further distance a second rowboat filled with passengers crosses towards the right

Further beyond three more of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin travelling companions trek across rolling sands

possibly Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan

with members of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party walking with laden mules in the foreground

holding rifles over their shoulders

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

another pair of sailors hold onto a second oar