Thesiger Collection

Seated profile portrait of Awad bin Khazai, a sheikh of the Bayt Imani lineage of Rashid Bedouin and a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, in the region between Wadi...

Standing full length portrait of Wilfred Thesiger taken by an unknown photographer in the region surrounding Al Ain / Buraimi Oasis. Wilfred Thesiger stands in the sand holding a camel...

View of trees and other vegetation growing in Wadi Arbat in the Jabal Qara mountains. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear...

View of a village in the region between 'Aqabat ash Sha'ar pass and the city of Abha. In the foreground trees grow along the edges of fields. In the background...

Portrait of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party riding a camel in the Wadi 'Andam. The rider is the party's guide, a tribesman of the Wahiba Bedouin. In the...

View of a Bani Yas settlement in Liwa oasis. A clump of qassis (sedge) grows on a sand ridge in the central foreground, beyond which low rolling sand dunes stretch...

View of Sahail bin Tahi, a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, riding a camel in Al Humrah sands during the party's journey to Umm az Zumul. Sahail bin Tahi,...

View of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party walking along the crest of a sand dune during the party's journey from Wadi al 'Ayn to the Ramlat al Ghirbaniyat...

View of a dhow (sailboat) being built at Al Ma'ala harbour in the city of Aden. The boat's hull is framed by a network of wooden piles. In the background...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party resting on a dry farmer's field in the Al Ghamid tribal region between the villages of Al Makhwah and Thurayban. The group is unloading...

Portrait of a woman and a little boy of the Humum Bedouin near Ghayl bin Yamayn.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear...

View of deciduous trees growing on the slopes of the Jabal Qara mountains.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that...

Mountain landscape in the Wadi ad Dhila.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were archived by...

Portrait of Ali bin Said bin Rashid, a sheikh of the Yahahif lineage of Wahiba Bedouin, standing with a camel in the Wadi 'Andam, possibly at Al Jiza well.Due to...

Mahra Bedouin with water-skins at the Sarif wells.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were archived...

View of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party standing in front of an expanse of low dunes in the region of the Suhul plains (Suhul al Kidan), or Al...

Mahra Bedouin of the Bayt Zabnawt lineage with their camels at Habarut [Habrut].Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party riding along the eastern side of Jebel Kawr in the Wadi al 'Ayn and Wadi al 'Umayri watershed. In the foreground four men ride...

Half length portrait of a young Arab man with herbs in his hair standing in front of a wall in the coastal town of Al Birk. Due to the nature...

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