Thesiger Collection

Portrait of three young boys, named Munzuk [Murzuk], Erzek and Merzik, of the Bayt Kathir Bedouin sitting on stony ground at Habarut wells. They are the sons of Nura, a...

View of a plain bordered by sheer-sided dunes in Al Batin sands in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali). In the foreground a line of footsteps leads off to the...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party trekking through Al Batin sands during their journey across the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali) from Al Dhafra sands to Liwa oasis. Members of...

Portrait of an Utaybah Bedouin family watering their sheep at Al Qaiyah well. Two men and two boys stand in front of the well, which is covered with a wooden...

View of a group of Qara tribesmen resting in the downs below Kismim Pass in the Jabal Qara mountains. A group of men rest together near a stand of trees...

Portrait of an Arab falconer, a retainer in Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting party, riding a camel with a falcon in the sands surrounding Al Ain. A falconer...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party trekking through Al Batin sands during their journey across the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali) from Al Dhafra sands to Liwa oasis. Three members...

Portrait of two Sahul Bedouin drawing water from one of the Rumah wells. Two men haul water from a rock-lined well using ropes and pulleys. Behind them a herd of...

Half length portrait of a man at Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's Al Muwaiji fort in Al Ain. A man wearing a headscarf (ghutra) topped with a thick agal...

Portrait of a boy of the Bayt Kathir Bedouin at Ma' Shadid well in Dhofar.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or...

Group portrait of a crowd of men and a boy standing at the suq (market) in the village of Al Makhwah.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce...

View of a round stone watchtower at Jazirat Al Hamra in Ras Al Khaimah Emirate. In the foreground one of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions stands to the left of a...

Portrait of two Arab boys at the open air market in the town of Qalat Bishah. The boy at the centre is scratching his teath, while the boy on the...

Seated portrait of one of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's falconers holding a falcon at Al Muwaiji Fort. A man wearing a light-coloured thobe (long shirt) kneels on the...

View looking down from a high cliff into Wadi Ghabartan. In the distance below large flat stones lie along the bottom of the wadi.Due to the nature of these images,...

Group of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin travelling party watering camels at Ma' Shadid well in Dhofar. They are sitting on rocks. In the foreground a camel is drinking from a bowl.Due...

View of vegetation growing on a vast flat in the Wadi al 'Ayn and Wadi al 'Umayri watershed, along the eastern side of Jebel Kawr. In the foreground trees grow...

Seated portrait of three Utaybah Bedouin men resting in the sand at one of the Rumah wells. In the left background a man on a camel stands next to another...

Standing three-quarter length portrait of a boy of the Bayt Kathir Bedouin in the region west of the Hamrat ad Duru. The boy stands looking forward, his body turned slightly...

Portrait of traders at a suq (market) in the city of Ad Dali'. In the foreground two traders haggle while onlookers stand around the men. In the background stone buildings...