Portrait of Muhammad al Auf ... George Dixon Aked

Portrait of Muhammad al Auf ... George Dixon AkedPortrait of Muhammad al Auf, a tribesman of the Bayt Mbarik lineage of Rashid Bedouin and one of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling companions, loading his camel in the Ramlat ar Rabbad sands. Muhammad al Auf lifts a saddle and saddle pad onto a couched camel. The camel's forelegs are hobbled and it is wearing two different halters, one made from twine, the other made from chain and leather. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any

An elderly Bedouin man with a large white beard stands in front of a white rock wall

On the right a second rowboat sits beside a beached dhow with a cloth covered deck canopy

and to her right

Portrait of a boy from the Bani Malik tribe in the upper Wadi Damad

Dhows are on the water

In the background a few dhows (sailboats) are moored along the shore

the home of King Abdul Aziz [Ibn Saud]

View of trees growing amongst boulders in the mountainous region between Wadi Shaybanah and the town of Ad Dhafir

grinding coffee beans with a mortar and pestle

and sand dunes in the distance

kneels sideways in the sand

Square stone buildings line on either side of the street