Man on horseback, armed with pointed spear, accompanied by a Bedouin man in dark clothing. The Aneze were the largest tribal group from Northern Arabia. Hamad here refers to the Syrian desert.
Bibliography:
Max Freiherr von Oppenheim, Vom Mittelmeer zum Persischen Golf durch den Haurän, die Syrische Wüste und Mesopotamien (vol. 2). Berlin: D. Reimer (E. Vohsen), 1900, p. 55.
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