Thesiger Collection

Group portrait of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin party riding camels in a line across a flat plain during their journey from Wadi Qinab to Huliyah well. Due to the nature of...

Portrait of a Bedouin boy at a well near Wadi Bayd. Two other boys are behind him.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age,...

Landscape of a valley floor covered in tufts of dry vegetation near Wadi Shalhamit, in the region between Wadi Shalhamit and Wadi Khawat.Due to the nature of these images, prints...

A tower at Seiyun (minaret?). Palm trees grow around it.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 travelling party trekking through Al Dhafra sands during their journey across the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali) from Dhibi well to Al Batin sands. Three of...

View of a round hut in the Wadi 'Itwad. Trees grow behind the hut and a number of mats are leaning against the sides of the hut. Due to the...

Portrait of Salim bin Tamtaim, a leader in Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, in the Jiddat al Harasis during the party's journey from Boi well to Yisub well. Salim bin Tamtaim,...

View out across a bare wadi bed strewn with gravel near Andhur spring in Wadi Andhur.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear...

Portrait of a man of the Bin Maaruf lineage of Sa'ar Bedouin at Manwakh well. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear...

Group portrait of four Jewish boys at Ad Dali' suq (market). Four Jewish boys stand together in a crowded marketplace. The teenaged boy at the centre is wearing a metal...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party trekking across dunes in Al Khatam or Al Humrah sands south of Al Ain. In the distance three of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions walk with...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party near Baiman during their journey between the city of Abha and the village of 'Ar'arah. In the near distance three of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling...

View of a group of Sa'ar Bedouin standing beside Manwakh well. In the background a high rock outcrop rises behind the well. Due to the nature of these images, prints...

Portrait of a man from the Wadi 'Itwad.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 scattered vegetation growing amongst sand dunes in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali) in the region between Jaladah plain and the Bani Ma'arid sands.Due to the nature of...

Portrait of a teenaged Arab boy sitting on the stern of a rowboat at the harbour in Kuwait City. In the background dhows (sailboats) are beached on the shore and...

Close up profile portrait of a camel, owned by Wilfred Thesiger in 1950, in the plains below Hamrat ad Duru, during the party's journey from Masruq well to Al Hubi...

Portrait of a man of the Bayt Zabnawt lineage of Mahra Bedouin at the Habarut [Habrut] wells.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age,...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party trekking through the Ramlat ar Rabbad sands. Two of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions lead six camels down the slope of a sand dune.Due to...

The market at Abha with a row of small tents.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they...