Thesiger Collection

Portrait of a Bedouin boy from a camel caravan at Al Mukalla. The boy is tying a bag together with a rope. More bags are lying around him.Due to the...

View of water sellers unloading imported water from a dhow (sailboat) at the harbour in Kuwait City. In the foreground boys and men stand in the tide beside a dhow,...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party resting in a flat area along Al 'Aradh in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali). In the background the rest of the party travels...

Portrait of a man standing in front of a wall at a village in Zahran tribal territory, in the region between the town of Ad Dhafir and Jabal Baydan. Due...

View of landscape in the Wadi Hadhramawt between Seiyun and Tarim. Palm trees and other trees grow in the wadi.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party arriving at the Bani Yas settlement of Dhafir in Liwa oasis. The settlement of Dhafir sits atop a high dune in a wide expanse of...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party riding through the Ramlat al Ghirbaniyat (Ghirbaniyat Sands). A large tree grows in the left foreground. Bushes and a few small trees grow in...

The fort at Najran.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were archived by the Pitt Rivers...

Portrait of a teenaged boy of the Sa'ar Bedouin sitting on the ground in the Raydat as Say'ar region. He is holding a rifle.Due to the nature of these images,...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions and Wahiba Bedouin at Buraymah well in the Wadi Halfayn. On the far left Hamad, a tribesman of the Mahra Bedouin, stands with his...

View of kotias, large double masted dhows (sailboats) from India, moored at Bahrain Island. In the near centre distance a kotia sits in choppy water, its bow pointing towards the...

Huts made from palm material in Baydayn village in Wadi Hali.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before...

A group of Mahra Bedouin at Habarut [Habrut] wells.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were...

View of three members of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party at Radum in Liwa oasis. In the foreground three of Wilfred Thesiger's Rashid Bedouin companions sit atop their camels, heading towards...

View of a dry rice paddy the Wadi Tayyah near Makha'il village.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred...

View of the Ad Dibin palm groves. The vegetation is dried out because of drought.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or...

Portrait of two members of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, both tribesmen of the Rashid Bedouin, riding camels during the party's journey from Wadi Qinab to Huliyah well.Due to the nature...

Portrait of a tribesman of the Bani Malik in the Bani Malik Mountains.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that...

Portrait of three Sa'ar Bedouin men at Manwakh well. A few people stand in the background.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear...

A shrine or tomb in the city of Seiyun in Hadhramawt.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before...