Thesiger Collection

Wilfred Thesiger's party watering camels in a river at Fughmah with a mountain in the background.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party reunited at Boi well in the Jiddat al Harasis. A large group of Bedouin men sit in a circle in front of a cave...

Portrait of a teenaged boy 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,...

Seated portrait of a man in the Al Ain region. The man kneels on the ground beside a geometrically patterned carpet, holding a rifle in his hands. He wears a...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party resting below the ruined fort at Shisr well. The well is located at the bottom of a sink hole below the crumbling walls of...

View of sailors hoisting sails on a dhow (sailboat) travelling through the Persian Gulf from Dubai to Bahrain Island. In the left foreground an African boy sits behind an array...

Portrait of Awad bin Khazai, a sheikh of the Bayt Imani lineage of Rashid Bedouin and a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, with an ibex in the Wadi Kidyut....

View of water sellers unloading imported water from a dhow (sailboat) at the harbour in Kuwait City. In the foreground one man stands in the tide holding a small rowboat....

Portrait of a boy near Abha.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...

View of an Arab man standing next to a domed building, likely a mosque, in the Al Hasa Oasis near Al Hofuf. Due to the nature of these images, prints...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party making camp near Al Hubi village. On the far left one of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions unsaddles a couched camel, while on the far right...

Full length portrait of an Arab boy standing at the side of a river in the region between the cities of Sabya and Jizan. Due to the nature of these...

Carved doors of a house in 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...

Portrait of a woman of the Harasis Bedouin sitting on the ground in the region between Boi well and Yisub well in the Jiddat al Harasis. The woman is holding...

Close up portrait of an Arab man, a retainer in Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting party, in the sands near Al Ain. The man stands looking towards the...

View of men riding camels towards a tall watchtower in the town of Badr. A cluster of multi-storeyed buildings made from rammed earth sit in the far distance.Due to the...

Portrait of a man from 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 or...

View of a salt plain in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali) in Al Batin sands region. A ridge of bare dunes in foreground overlooks a vast salt flat (sabkha)...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party resting in a gravelly wadi bed in the Wadi Tayyah near 'Aqabat ash Sha'ar pass.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce...

Group portrait of a crowd of boys in Ash Shuqaiq village. Three boys wearing wrap around skirts stand in a line in the foreground. A cluster of boys stands behind...