Portrait of Muhammad al Auf ... Sue JohnsonPortrait of Muhammad al Auf, a tribesman of the Bayt Mbarik lineage of Rashid Bedouin and one of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling companions, resting the Al Batin sands near Liwa oasis. Muhammad al Auf sits in the sand, leaning on a pile cloth under his right arm. He is wearing a dark headscarf and light patterned loincloth. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were archived
with a river in the foreground
Portrait of a man (named Ah-fit-che
The tent style is distinctively non-Tibetan and the amchi is supporting his texts upon a package crate
Both wear metal collars that are typically worn by Jewish men in this region
Tall mud buildings line both sides of the street
stands surrounded by a crowd of camels waiting for water
On the right a man sits next to an array of rigging
Group portrait of three men of the Bin Maaruf lineage of Sa'ar Bedouin sitting on the ground at Manwakh well
In the foreground goats are grazing on bushes
The boy on the left wears a long sword over his wraparound skirt and a palm head-dress
Their habits and customs are similar to those of San Felipe
In the distance beyond a camel grazes in a field of grass
