View of Salim bin Kabina ... Frame:none

View of Salim bin Kabina ... Frame:noneView of Salim bin Kabina, a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, in Al Humrah sands during the party's journey to Umm az Zumul. On the left Salim bin Kabina, a tribesman of the Bayt Imani lineage of Rashid Bedouin, stands on the crest of a near sand dune, facing towards the right. Just beyond the party's campsite lies in the background below a low dune ridge. Scattered saddles, camel blankets and other gear lie in the sand. In the far

Behind them a few salt bushes grow on a sand dune

is Mahalhal bin 'Ati

He is a nakhoda (captain) of a dhow (sailboat) in Dubai

Camp equipment and blankets are scattered across the ground on the left

a number of large salt bushes dot its edge

In the distance beyond a few camels walk across a barren flat plain

Wilfred Patrick Thesiger kneels in soft sand in front of a dry bush

He holds a camel stick in one hand and balances in a kneeling position

and an upright bow

Three women and a boy stand with their animals beside a well

with sky filling the rest of the frame

Portrait of Sultan bin Ahmad