Thesiger Collection

Wilfred Thesiger's party in the sands of the 'Uruq ash Shaybah, in the Rub' al Khali (Empty Quarter).Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of...

Portrait of a boy of the Khawlan Bedouin at Suq 'Ayban market under Jabal Fayfa.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or...

Portrait of Hamad bin Saadna (known by Wilfred Thesiger as Hamad bin Hanna) at a Rashid encampment in the Ramlat ar Rabbad sands. Hamad bin Saadna, a tribesman of the...

A street in the town of Qasam in the Wadi Hadhramawt. Two people are walking through a street lined with adobe houses. The houses are two and three storeys high...

Portrait of Salim bin Ghabaisha, a young tribesman of the Bayt Imani lineage of Rashid Bedouin, in the Jabal Qara mountains.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce...

View of Shibam.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 Museum.

Portrait of a man and two boys of the Wahiba Bedouin standing at a well in the Sharqiyah Sands. The two boys are standing on the left, watching the man...

View of a suq (market) in the city of Lawdar in Abyan Governorate. Traders shade their merchandise with blanket canopies at the open air market. Square stone buildings surround the...

Full length profile portrait of a thoroughbred Omani camel in the Al Khatam sands near Al Ain. A saddled thoroughbred Omani camel belonging to Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan...

Seated portrait of a tribesman from one of the Qara tribes in the Jabal Qara mountains. The man kneels in the foreground with a large cloth wrapped across his lap.Due...

Portrait of a group of Manahil Bedouin at Fughmah.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were...

View of traders stalls at the open air market in the town of Qalat Bishah. In the foreground a number of female shoppers visit two traders stalls, which are shaded...

View of a dry wadi in the region of the Wadi Thu'ayt. [image out of focus]Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear...

Portrait of a woman of the Sa'ar Bedouin sitting on the ground with a small child at Manwakh well. A long silver ornament hangs down to her shoulders from her...

Portrait of a man at the market at Umm Al Khashab. He is wearing a broad-brimmed straw hat.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of...

View of trees and crops growing in a field between the cities of Abha and 'Ar'arah.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear...

View of the back of the Sheikh Saad tombs at Mudayy. In the foreground Muslim graves marked by large gravestones lies in front of two small tombs with bell-shaped roofs....

View of a large building at a village in the region between the town of Ad Dhafir and Jabal Baydan. The building is made of stone with ornamental stonework. Some...

Portrait of a boy of the Yam Bedouin, taken in the region between the towns of Dhahran and Najran. He has a curved dagger in his belt.Due to the nature...

Street in Shibam. Tall houses, several storeys high on three sides. A drain runs in the middle of the street.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any...