Thesiger Collection

Half-length portrait of an older Bedouin man outside Al Muwaiji Fort in Al Ain. A man wearing a thobe (long shirt) and a headscarf (ghutra) topped with a thin black...

View of sailors changing the sail on a dhow (sailboat) travelling through the Persian Gulf from Dubai to Bahrain Island. Three sailors perch on a wooden yard high above the...

Portrait of one of Wilfred Thesiger's sailing companions on the deck of a dhow (sailboat) in the Abu Dhabi islands. A sailor kneels on a rolled woven mat at the...

Portrait of Said bin Kabina, Salim bin Kabina's younger brother, at Al Muqarqar spring in the Wadi Kidyut.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of...

Portrait of a sixteen-year-old boy crouching in front of a hut in the village of Ash Shuqaiq. He is wearing white trousers, typically women's dress but here worn as part...

View of stone buildings in the village of Thurayban. In the foreground a woman walks along a street past a number of one storey stone houses, which are connected together....

Wilfred Thesiger's party in the Wadi 'Andam, possibly at Al Jiza well. Ali bin Said bin Rashid, a sheikh of the Yahahif lineage of Wahiba Bedouin, stands next to his...

Portrait of a man and woman of the Wahiba Bedouin at a well in the Sharqiyah Sands. They are each lowering a rope into the well. Due to the nature...

View of a camel caravan camped at the city gates of Al Mukalla. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage...

Portrait of a Bedouin man, a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, in the lower Wadi 'Aydim.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age,...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party trekking across dunes near Umm az Zumul well. In the foreground large bushes grow in a depression at the bottom of a dune. Further beyond...

View of a Qara cattle camp in the downs below Kismim Pass in the Jabal Qara mountains. In the near distance people from one of the Qara tribes stand at...

Portrait of a man of the Yam tribe taken by Wilfred Thesiger during his journey from the town of Najran to the town of Badr. Due to the nature of...

Portrait of Salim bin Tamtaim, a leader in Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, standing with two Harasis Bedouin men at Boi well. Salim bin Tamtaim, a sheikh of the Bayt Ghuwas...

Side view of a kotia, a large double masted dhow (sailboat) from India, moored at Bahrain Island. A kotia sits in choppy water, its bow pointing to the right and...

Seated half length portrait of Salim bin Habarut, a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, taken during the party's journey from Ramlat al Ghirbaniyat to Furai well. Salim bin Habarut,...

View of a ruined watchtower on the shore in the town of Ras Al Khaimah. In the foreground a rolled up fishing net lies on the sand. Further beyond a...

View of a settlement near the village of Sawda. In the foreground a rock wall runs alongside a gravelly road leading through fields to a cluster of buildings in the...

View of dunes in the Al Dhafra sands between Dhibi well and Al Batin sands in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali). In the foreground a small flat area with...

Seated half length portrait of a tribesman of the Manasir Bedouin in Al Khatam sands near Al Ain. An older man with a thick grey goatee sits facing forward in...