Constructing a mudhif from qasab George Dixon Aked

Constructing a mudhif from qasab George Dixon AkedView of the unfinished structure of a mudhif (guest house), with the supporting arches formed from bundles of giant reeds, or qasab [phragmites communis]. 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.

George Coryton

employed as an interpreter of Dutch

In the foreground the crest of a low

resting with their loads

View of a street

kneeling on the ground outside Qasr Al Hosn fort

In the foreground four men stand in front of a dhow (boat) beached in the sand

second from left) and another Druze soldier

Behind the boat the sea is tranquil

In the foreground a well topped with a wooden frame sits in the midst of a bare and parched field

which is surrounded by high mountain ridges

He wears a belt over his thobe (shirt) and a headscarf topped with an 'agal (head rope)