Seated half length portrait of ... Iran

Seated half length portrait of ... IranSeated half length portrait of Salim bin Kabina, one of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling companions, at Al Muwaiji near Al Muwaiji Fort in Al Ain. Salim bin Kabina, a tribesman of the Bayt Imani lineage of Rashid Bedouin, sits with his body turned to the right, his head facing forward. He wears a khanjar (dagger) on a cartridge belt and suspenders over his thobe (shirt) and a dark embroidered headscarf. His long hair hangs down around his shoulders. Due

On the near side are low huts made from reeds

View of a house at a settlement in the Marshes

the 'dwellings of this village never reach higher than two stor[ey]s'

The man on the left is wearing a curved dagger

In the background the choppy sea sits beneath a clear sky

blankets and other items lie on the sand in the background

A young man stands in front of huts in the village of Umm al Khashab

View of tents at Wilfred Thesiger's camp at the Awash Station

In the foreground two camels graze on a vast empty salt flat dotted with vegetation

Monks in bottom right corner

At the far left one of the men walks away from the group

On the left a few men stand