Thesiger Collection

Portrait of two Sa'ar Bedouin women and a man hauling water from Manwakh well. They are using rope and a wooden pulley to haul water out of the well. In...

View of a village on the top of a hillside in the Al Ghamid tribal region between the villages of Al Makhwah and Thurayban. A four-sided watchtower rises high above...

Side view of a boom, a large double masted dhow (sailboat) built in Kuwait, in the Persian Gulf between Dubai Emirate and Bahrain Island. The boom flies three sails, the...

Side view of a kotia, a large double masted dhow (sailboat) from India, moored at Bahrain Island. A kotia sits in choppy water, its bow pointing to the right and...

View of a fort in Al Buraimi oasis, possibly Al Khandaq Fort. In the foreground large date palms and low bushes grow at the bottom of a sand hill. Further...

Seated portrait of Muhammad bin Al Jabari, one of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin guides, at a campfire in Ramlat ar Rabbad sands. Muhammad bin Al Jabari, a tribesman of the Awamir...

View of tower houses with walled exterior courtyards in the town of Qalat Bishah. The buildings are made from zabur (forced earth). In the right background a watchtower sits alongside...

Side view of a kotia, a large double masted dhow (sailboat) from India, moored at Bahrain Island. A kotia sits in choppy water, its bow pointing towards the left. The...

Seated portrait of Wilfred Thesiger and Salim bin Kabina at the southern end of Jabal Hafit (Jebel Hafeet), near Al Qabil. Wilfred Thesiger (left) and Salim bin Kabina (right), a...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party camping in the sands during their journey from Ramlat al Ghirbaniyat to Furai well. In the foreground camping equipment lies in the sand next to...

View of a cluster of saf palms [Nannorhops arabica in the region between Wadi Musallim and Wadi Hawshi, likely in the Wadi al Ghabah.Due to the nature of these images,...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party resting in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali) during the party's journey from Jaladah plain to Bani Ma'arid sands. Due to the nature of...

Portrait of Musallim bin Al Kamam, one of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions, standing on a sand dune in Al Khatam sands. In the central foreground Musallim bin Al Kamam, a...

View of the stern of a kotia, a large double masted dhow (sailboat) from India, moored at Bahrain Island. A kotia sits in choppy water, its bow pointing into the...

View of a large sand dune in the 'Uruq ash Shaybah in the Rub' al Khali (Empty Quarter).Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of...

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 dhow (sailboat) moored in the Persian Gulf near Bahrain Island. In the foreground a large dhow with two masts sits in calm water rippled by gentle waves....

Seated half length portrait of an Arab falconer, a member of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting party, holding a peregrine falcon in Al Khatam sands near Al Ain....

View of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party standing beneath a high sand dune during the party's journey from Khawr bin 'Atarit well in the Ghanim Sands to the...

View of a group of Mahra Bedouin watering their camels at Habarut wells.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that...