Thesiger Collection

View of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin travelling party riding along a rocky wadi bed in the region north of the town of Al-Saum. High rock cliffs rise up steeply behind them....

Profile portrait of a guide in Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, a tribesman of the Wahiba Bedouin, taken during the party's journey through the upper Wadi al Batha' east of Qabil...

Portrait of two Sa'ar Bedouin boys sitting on a rock in the Raydat as Say'ar. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear...

View of potters at an open air market in the city of Sabya. In the foreground a number of pottery traders sit on the ground surrounded by piles of pottery...

View of the landscape surrounding the city of Jeddah or At Taif. In the foreground car tracks criss-cross a vast sandy plain, which stretches out towards a long low mountain...

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. In the...

A well at Umm al Khashab. Four men and boys with a donkey at the well.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear...

Profile portrait of Salim bin Ghabaisha, one of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling companions, riding a camel during the party's journey from Jabal Sumeini to the port city of Sharjah. Salim bin...

Portrait of Nura with her three children, Munzuk [Murzuk], Erzek and Merzik, sitting in front of a bush at the Habarut [Habrut] wells. Wilfred Thesiger first met this Bayt Kathir...

Full length portrait of Salim bin Kabina, one of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin travelling companions, posing with his rifle during the party's journey from Wadi Animrit to the town of Al-Saum....

Fort at Najran with towers on the corners and ornamental stonework on top of the walls.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear...

Standing full length portrait of Wilfred Thesiger and his camel taken during his party's journey from the As Saruq sands to Abu Dhabi. Wilfred Thesiger stands in a large expanse...

View of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party riding a camel through the Wadi Sayfam. In the foreground a Bedouin man sits on a camel beside a few large...

View of a group of Bayt Kathir Bedouin men relaxing on a hillside in Wadi Arbat.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear...

View of traders and shoppers at the open air market in the town of Qalat Bishah. A group of Arab men and a few children gather in the foreground around...

Portrait of an Omani man sitting on the ground in Mughshin Oasis. The man is from the region surrounding the city of Ibri in Oman.Due to the nature of these...

The 'Uruq ash Shaybah sands in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali). In the background dunes and a wide flat plain. In the foreground a number of dry tufts of...

Portrait of a man on a camel.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 Qasr Ibrahim fort in the town of Al Hofuf in the Al Hasa Oasis. Qasr Ibrahim fort sits in the distance. The dome and minaret of Al Quba...

Portrait of Said bin Kabina, a young tribesman of the Bayt Imani lineage of Rashid Bedouin, in the region of Wadi Madi.Due to the nature of these images, prints will...