Portrait of Salim bin Kabina ... MiscellaneousPortrait of Salim bin Kabina, one of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions, standing in Al Khatam or Al Humrah sands south of Al Ain. Salim bin Kabina, a tribesman of the Bayt Imani lineage of Rashid Bedouin, stands in the near right on sand rippled by secondary dunes. He balances a rifle, in a tasselled case, over his shoulder and holds a camel stick. Wind blows against him from the left. In the distance beyond scattered tufts of qassis (sedge) grow
The minaret of Maruf ba Jamal Mosque is visible on the left
View of Wilfred Thesiger's party making camp near Al Hubi village
Wearing brocade chuba
Portrait of two men and a boy at a settlement in the region between the village of 'Ar'arah and Jabal Mana'
View of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party in the Ramlat ar Rabbad sands
Portrait of a man of the Mahra Bedouin taken in the region between Wadi Khawat and Wadi Shu'ayt
At the centre two camels walk along the crest of a small sand dune
View of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party standing on a dune in Al Batin sands during their journey across the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali) from Al Dhafra sands to Liwa oasis
while women and a child sit inside the left section
Seated group portrait of Wilfred Thesiger with Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan and his family and retainers near Al Ain
where the British Mission under Sir Basil Gould was staying
in order to collect its blood
