Arab caravan in the Sahara desert in a Simoom storm.

Arab caravan in the Sahara desert during a sandstorm,- The Simoom.

Simoom, Arabic: سموم‎ samūm, is the local term for a sand storm in the North African-Arab region. Originating from the Arabic word translated means poison wind. This already indicates the danger that is attached to this kind of sandstorm. The simoom is partly dust-laden and a very hot desert wind.

From “Full Peoples Gallery in images of all nations” by Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche, Meissen, 1840.

Continuing

Camp of A Caravan on the Sahara Desert

Berbers of Algerian Sahara. Nomadic and sedentary ethnic groups.

General View of Suez. David Roberts set out from Cairo for the Holy Land.

The dress of the Arabs. Affluent class. Pictorial work.

Gentleman Gipsy in wayside camp and caravan, 1891.

Egyptian Man’s shirt. The Gallebaya. Characteristic garment.