Portrait of Mabkhaut bin Arbain ... Size:small

Portrait of Mabkhaut bin Arbain ... Size:smallPortrait of Mabkhaut bin Arbain, a tribesman of the Bayt Gidad lineage of Bayt Kathir Bedouin and one of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling companions, in the region of the Kidan plains (Suhul al Kidan), north of Khaba well in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali). He is standing in front of a dune and carries a rifle on his shoulder. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were

A boy wearing a collared shirt and a wraparound skirt stands on a street corner holding a silver tray on which cups

895 metres)

On the right Salim bin Ghabaisha

The sheep carries a pair of saddle bags containing his master's barley flour

Summit covered with cairns left by pilgrims over many years

Part of the Potala Palace showing the corner of the Dalai Lama's quarters seen from the Eastern Courtyard or Deyang Shar

a cattle herder

Further beyond two of Wilfred Thesiger's Rashid Bedouin companions ride camels across a stretch of sand dotted with tufts of qassis

in Al Humrah sands during the party's journey to Umm az Zumul

View of two men in a mashuf (canoe)

A bearded Arab man

Nearby another member of the party rests in the shade of a tall tree