Thesiger Collection

View of a market (suq) in Manama on Bahrain Island. In the foreground a young boy stands in a patch of shade in front of a market stall. A number...

Portrait of a boy of the Khawlan Bedouin at Suq 'Ayban market under Jabal Fayfa. He is wearing a broad-brimmed straw hat.Due to the nature of these images, prints will...

View of locals walking down a street in the city of Seiyun. In the background Al Habshi Tomb is visible at the end of the street. Due to the nature...

View of mountainous landscape in Jabal Dhahran.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 a dhow (sailboat) sailing by the beach in the city of Dubai. In the near right distance three men sail in a small dhow along the shoreline. In...

Portrait of a group of Wahiba Bedouin tribesmen relaxing on a sandy plain in the Wadi Halfayn.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age,...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin travelling party watering camels at Bir Thamud well. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage...

Portrait of Salim bin Kabina, a tribesman of the Bayt Imani lineage of Rashid Bedouin and one of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling companions, sitting at a campfire in the Al Batin...

View of a trees and shrubs growing on a hillside in the Al Ghamid tribal region between the villages of Al Makhwah and Thurayban. In the background a ridge of...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party at a well in the plains below Hamrat ad Duru, during the party's journey from Masruq well to Al Hubi village. On the right two...

Group portrait of tribesmen standing in the street in the city of Lawdar in Abyan Governorate. In the centre a man stands facing towards the right, carrying a rifle on...

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...

View of a field of crops growing in the village of Baydayn in the Wadi Hali.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear...

View of a ruined fort in the cliffs above Andhur spring. The fort is built from large stones.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of...

Portrait of Salim bin Ghabaisha, a young tribesman of the Bayt Imani lineage of Rashid Bedouin, in the Jabal Qara mountains.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce...

View of a ridge of high dunes bordering a sand flat in the Al Qafa' or As Saruq sands north of Liwa oasis during their journey to Abu Dhabi. In...

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 towards the right. The...

Portrait of two sheikhs of the Humum Bedouin in the Jol region between Fughmah and Ghayl bin Yamayn.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of...

Portrait of members of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party men butchering a camel in the Shi'b al Raqq near the Haij well. In the foreground six men are gathered around a...

View of a cluster of multi-storeyed buildings in the region between Badr and the town of Khamis Mushait. Some of the buildings are in a state of ruin. Due to...