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View of a member of ... Frame:blackView of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's party standing at the edge of a sabkha in Al Humrah sands during the party's journey to Umm az Zumul. In the foreground a dry abal (Calligonum comosum) grows in wind rippled sand. In the near distance one of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions stands on the slope of a dune, looking out over a vast white sabkha (salt flat) lying beyond. He holds a rifle over his shoulder and casts a long shadow over the dune.

Portrait of a young man of the Qara tribe sitting on sand in the Wadi Darbat

as seen from the dzong or fort

In the foreground a woman and child sit at the bow of a covered abra

who both hold smaller children in their laps

in Al Khatam sands near Jebel Hafeet (Jabal Hafit)

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party climbing the crest of a high dune in the Kidan plains (Suhul al Kidan) or Al Batin sands of the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali)

also wearing uniform

In the right foreground a large scraggly bush grows in a stretch of flat sand

Muhammad bin Fadil kneels on his camel

View of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party sitting on a camel in Al Humrah sands during the party's journey to Umm az Zumul

On the right a forth member of the party walks between two couched camels

built from large stones