Seated half length portrait of ... Afghanistan

Seated half length portrait of ... AfghanistanSeated half length portrait of a man of the Rashid Bedouin taken by Wilfred Thesiger during his party's journey from Al Ain to Liwa oasis, likely in the region of Al Humrah sands. The man is likely Sahil, father of Raikan. Salih and his son Raikan accompanied Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party from Al Ain to Al Dhafra sands. Sahil has a thick bushy beard and wears a plain light coloured cap over his hair and a dark coloured thobe (long shirt). He

Standing half length portrait of an Arab boy with braided hair in the Wadi Yiba

the great chorten and the Palkor Chode Monastery

a man rides his camel

wind-rippled water

The tent is made of woven mats made from palm fronds

and on the right two young tribesmen sit

and in the background wood is stacked up against the wall of a building

In the background a few more bushes grow on a plain as it stretches out towards low dunes in the far distance

View of the Wadi Tayyah near Makha'il village with a rocky riverbed in the foreground and a ridge of mountains in the background

View of landscape near the city of Abha

View of people at a souk (market) at Goulimine

In the far distance people with donkeys walk across a flat plain