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Salim bin Ghabaisha

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Thesiger described Salim bin Ghabaisha in Arabian Sands as one of the most competent of his companions: 'the others tended to rely on his judgment, as I did myself. He was certainly the best rider and the best shot, and always graceful in everything he did. He had a quick smile and a gentle manner,
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but I already suspected that he could be both reckless and ruthless, and I was not surprised when within two years he had become one of the most daring outlaws on the Trucial Coast with half a dozen blood-feuds on his hands' (1960: 208–9).
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Bin Ghabaisha was 17 years old when he first crossed the Rub' al Khali desert and became one of the closest companions to Thesiger. He features in several of Thesiger's photographs of both crossings, which have been displayed in
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and was subjected to various interviews and Emirati documentaries in his late years to depict his experience as a traveler. He died on 2 January 2016 in Abu Dhabi.
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undertaken between 1946 and 1948. Bin Ghabaisha, along with Salim bin Kabina, is frequently mentioned in Thesiger's book
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since Thesiger donated his vast collection of 38,000 negatives to the museum.
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tribe, notable for being a key member of the travelling party commissioned by
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Bin Ghabaisha became one of the icons of the pre-oil era in the
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Index

Abu Dhabi
Trucial States
Abu Dhabi
United Arab Emirates
Rub' al Khali
Wilfred Thesiger
Arabic
Bedouin
Al Kathiri
Sir Wilfred Thesiger
Rub' al Khali
Arabian Sands
Arabian Peninsula
discovery of oil in the Arabian Peninsula
Pitt Rivers Museum
Oxford
United Arab Emirates
Wilfred Thesiger
Arabian Sands
"A line in the sand: The European explorers who battled to claim the Empty Quarter"
"Companion biographies | Salim bin Ghabaisha"
"The Last Nomad"
ISSN
0003-6420
Thesiger, Wilfred
Arabian Sands
ISBN
978-1-101-16066-4
ISBN
0-670-83769-5

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