Portrait of Salim bin Kabina ... John K. Hillers

Portrait of Salim bin Kabina ... John K. HillersPortrait of Salim bin Kabina, one of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions, standing in Al Khatam or Al Humrah sands south of Al Ain. Salim bin Kabina, a tribesman of the Bayt Imani lineage of Rashid Bedouin, stands in the near right foreground on sand rippled by secondary dunes. He carries a rifle, in a tasselled case, over his shoulder and holds a camel stick. Wind blows against him from the left. In the distance beyond low crescent shaped dunes,

kneels on the left

View of a member of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting party in Al Khatam sands near Al Ain oasis

riding a camel in the region of Wadi Qinab

Wilfred Thesiger is in the middle row

are crumbling

A metal pot rests in the sand in the foreground

which he wears with long white trousers

in the region between Wadi Shalhamit and Wadi Khawat

Tendong Shappe in black fox fur hat and gold coloured chuba

while the other three follow behind

A second camel stands on the right

View of one of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions resting under a tree in Al Ain / Buraimi oasis