Thesiger Collection

Portrait of Muhammad al Auf, a tribesman of the Bayt Mbarik lineage of Rashid Bedouin and one of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling companions, loading his camel in the Ramlat ar Rabbad...

Portrait of a boy at Old Sabya. Other people are crowding behind him.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that...

Portrait of Musallim bin Anauf, the son of Salim bin Turkia, in the lower Wadi 'Aydim. Musallim bin Anauf is a tribesman of the Bayt Gidad lineage of Bayt Kathir...

Portrait of an older man of the Harasis Bedouin in the Jiddat al Harasis at Boi well. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of...

Standing full length portrait of a boy of the Sahul Bedouin at the Ar Rumhiya wells near Ar Riyadh. In the background a herd of dark coloured camels is standing...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party walking with their camels during the party's journey from Shisr well to Mughshin Oasis.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any...

Portrait of a 20 year old sheikh of the village of Baydayn and another boy at Baydayn village in Wadi Hali. The sheikh, standing on the left, is holding a...

Full length portrait of Mabarak, one of Wilfred Thesiger's Hejaz guides, standing in rocky country between Jabal Baydan and At Taif. Mabarak, a teenaged boy from the Bani Sharfa tribe...

Portrait of a peregrine falcon (shahin) killing its prey, a MacQueen's Bustard (houbara), in the sands surrounding Al Ain. On the left a peregrine falcon, belonging to Sheikh Zayed bin...

Wilfred Thesiger's party in the Wadi Ma'adi on the journey to Al Mukalla.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that...

Portrait of Salim bin Turkia and his son Musallim bin Anauf, members of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, sitting side by side at the party's camp during their journey from Yisub...

View of townspeople walking on the street in front of Qasr Ibrahim fort in the town of Al Hofuf in Al Hasa Oasis. Due to the nature of these images,...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party loading their camels in the Wadi Qa'ah.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that...

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...

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...

View of Sabya in the background. In the foreground a camel is turning a press for sesame seeds. The press consists of a large mortar in which a pestle is...

Portrait of an elderly man of the Yam tribe taken by Wilfred Thesiger during his journey from the town of Najran to the town of Badr. Due to the nature...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party crossing a dune in the Al Khatam sands south of Al Ain, on their journey towards Al Humrah sands. In the central distance two of...

View of Sa'ar Bedouin filling water skins at Manwakh well. A few men are using a rope and pulley to haul water out of the well. In the background people,...

[Image blurred.]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.