Thesiger Collection

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party in the Awarik sands in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali).Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age,...

View of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party leading three laden camels across the Muqta to Abu Dhabi island, with a round stone watch-tower in the distance.Due to the...

Portrait of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, sitting astride a saddled camel, holding a peregrine falcon on his left arm.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce...

View of members of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party descending a sand dune in the desert of the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali).Due to the nature of these images, prints will...

View from Wadi Saifam of (the mountain) Jabal Kaur, with (the mountain) Jabal al Akhdar at the right of the image, and a man standing in the foreground.Due to the...

View of a small dhow being launched by a group of men at Abu Dhabi.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or...

View of Salim bin Ghabaisha, one of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling companions, with a saluki hunting dog in the Hamra sands near Liwa oasis.Due to the nature of these images, prints...

Full length profile portrait of an Arab man, one of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's falconers, carrying a falcon in the sands surrounding Al Ain. The man stands facing...

View of Bedouin men in Wilfred Thesiger's party gathering water from a well in the Wadi Halfayn. Three camels wait on the right.Due to the nature of these images, prints...

Portrait of a young Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan and a man in Al Muwaiji near Al Muwaiji Fort in Al Ain. In the foreground a man and a...

Portrait of a man, one of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's falconers, sitting astride a saddled camel, holding a peregrine falcon on his right arm.Due to the nature of...

A palm grove at Ghayl bin Yamayn.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were archived by...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party travelling in the Al Khatam sands south of Al Ain, during their journey towards Al Humrah sands. In the foreground one of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin...

Half-length standing portrait of Sheikh Hazaa bin Sultan Al Nahyan outside Qasr Al Hosn fort in Abu Dhabi. Sheikh Hazaa bin Sultan Al Nahyan stands in front of two cannons...

Full length portrait of Muhammad bin Kalut, a tribesman of the Bayt Imani lineage of Rashid Bedouin and a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, taken during the party's journey...

Portrait of Wilfred Thesiger sitting on a gravel plain during his journey from Yisub well to Wadi Darbat in the Jabal Qara mountains. He is holding a camel stick and...

Side view of a distant boom, a large double masted dhow (sailboat) built in Kuwait, in the Persian Gulf between Dubai Emirate and Bahrain Island. The boom flies three sails,...

View of a group of loaded camels belonging to a family of Sahul Bedouin at the Ar Rumhiya wells near Ar Riyadh. All the camels wear saddles and are heavily...

Portrait of Salim bin Kabina, a tribesman of the Bayt Imani lineage of Rashid Bedouin and one of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling companions, sitting on the ground in the Wadi al...

Four men and a boy sitting inside a house in Bal Qarn tribal territory in the region between Jabal Harfa and the Wadi Shaybanah. A hearth with a row of...