Wilfred Thesiger's party hauling water ... Alfred MaudslayWilfred Thesiger's party hauling water from a well in the Wadi al 'Ayn. On the right Hamad [also known as Hamad al Mahri], a tribesman of the Mahra Bedouin, lifts a leather bag of water out of a well. Salim bin Kabina, a tribesman of the Bayt Imani lineage of Rashid Bedouin, stands in the near left, behind Hamad, holding on to a rope attached to Hamad's water bag. Behind them other members of the party are also getting water from the well. Due to the
A man with a thick dark beard sits facing forward in front of some tall dry bushes
The rifle is covered in a leather sleeve
In the left distance an expanse of fields stretches out towards a cluster of houses in the left background
Group portrait of Abyssinian 'Patriot' soldiers
a type of dhow) in the harbour at Dubai
View of Wilfred Thesiger's party travelling in the region of Kidan plains (Suhul al Kidan) or Al Batin sands in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali)
likely those of Jebel Hafeet (Jabal Hafit)
while women and a child sit inside the left section
and has a rifle slung under his arm
Portrait of a Tajik man
gathered in a circle with rifles raised
He still wears the black skin cloak and has also been adorned with woman's earrings and an ostrich feather headdress
