Reclining portrait of Salim bin ... Type:unstretched canvas

Reclining portrait of Salim bin ... Type:unstretched canvasReclining portrait of Salim bin Kabina, a sixteen or seventeen year old boy of the Bayt Imani lineage of Rashid Bedouin, at a well in the region of Wadi Khawat. This is one of the first portraits Wilfred Thesiger took of Salim bin Kabina. After this meeting Salim bin Kabina joined Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, and later accompanied Wilfred Thesiger on all his journeys in the Rub' al Khali (Empty Quarter). Due to the nature of these images,

Portrait of a woman of the Harasis Bedouin sitting on the ground in the region between Boi well and Yisub well in the Jiddat al Harasis

a type of wild goat) horns

A few tall trees grow on the dunes surrounding them

The boy is likely from the local 'Amara tribe

Half length portrait of a young man of the Bayt Kathir Bedouin in the Wadi Shutaynah or Wadi 'Aydim

a Bedouin man

Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan loaned Ghazala to Wilfred Thesiger for his journey from Al Ain oasis to Sharjah

In the middle distance Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions trek in a line with their camels along the slope of a large dune

Salim bin Kabina also has an decorated silver dagger tucked in his belt

View of cattle traders and buyers at an open air market in the city of Sabya

In the foreground a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party stands in the party's camp

Behind the raft a line of sailors hauls on a rope