Salim bin Ghabaisha Arabia

Salim bin Ghabaisha ArabiaPortrait of Salim bin Ghabaisha, one of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling companions, sitting on the ground. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were archived by the Pitt Rivers Museum.

All three boys stand in a line

stands on the right

which served as the old British Legation buildings in Addis Ababa (prior to the construction of a new building in 1910-11)

paddling it forward

with several men standing behind them

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party taking a rest in the Al Dhafra sands during their journey across the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali) from Dhibi well to Al Batin sands

He leans on the balcony railing

In front of the man a plant grows from the sand while behind him the branches of a bare tree fill the background

points his camel stick in the air front of the three men sitting to the right

Interior view of the mudhif (guest house) belonging to Ali ibn Dibkal of the Al Juaibar tribe

Some of the buildings are topped with adobe and parallel lines of raqf (slate) tiles to prevent weather erosion

On the right another man stands holding a rifle