Thesiger Collection

View of two of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions at a well in Al Ain / Buraimi oasis. In the near distance two Bedouin men stand on the left, next to...

View of locals in a suq (market) in the city of Dubai. In the foreground a young boy in a light-coloured waistcoat and thobe (long shirt) stands on the right....

View of the crest of a high sand dune in the region between Jaladah plain and the Bani Ma'arid sands in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali). Due to the...

Portrait of two Bedouin boys riding a camel near Wadi Bayd.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before...

Portrait of two boys at the village of Ash Shuqaiq.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party camping in the Wadi Umm al Hayt. Despite a twenty-five year drought, desiccated plants are still growing in the wadi.Due to the nature of these...

Portrait of a girl of the Sa'ar Bedouin at Manwakh well. She is wearing a silver belt around her waist and a number of necklaces and cuffs.Due to the nature...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party walking through a wadi during the party's journey from Habarut wells to Wadi Shalhamit. The men walk in single file alongside their camels up the...

View of Ash Shuqaiq village. In the distance three people walk through an open area surrounded by large huts with high domed roofs. Due to the nature of these images,...

View of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hawking party riding in Al Khatam sands near Al Ain. In the foreground a vast bare dune rippled by the wind rises...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin travelling party resting in a grove of trees in the Wadi Aswad. In the background small trees grow on the flat sand.Due to the nature...

View of Sultan bin Ahmad, a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, posing next to a tumulus burial mound at Mudayy. Sultan bin Ahmad, a tribesman of the Sh'asha lineage...

Side view of a boom, a large double masted dhow (sailboat) built in Kuwait, in the Persian Gulf between Dubai Emirate and Bahrain Island. The boom flies three sails, the...

Portrait of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party standing beside a line of trilith monuments. Thees types of trilith monuments, made up by long rows of upright stones, are...

Portrait of a man of the Bayt Kathir Bedouin in Dhofar.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before...

Landscape in Humum country east of Al Mukalla in the region of Wadi Madi.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage...

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

View of two of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling companions watering a camel at a well north of Al Ain oasis. The well lies beneath a wooden frame made of tied wood,...

Half length standing portrait of a tribesman of the Duru Bedouin at Al Ain. A man from the Duru Bedouin tribe stands in half profile, looking into the far left...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party in the Ramlat ar Rabbad sands. In the foreground a tree grows on the left. In the distance beyond two Bedouin men in Wilfred...