Thesiger Collection

Wilfred Thesiger's party making camp beside a clump of bushes during their journey from the lower Wadi Shihan to Shisr well.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce...

View of water sellers unloading imported water from a dhow (sailboat) at the harbour in Kuwait City. In the foreground boys and men stand in the tide beside a dhow,...

Portrait of traders at a suq (market) in the city of Ad Dali'. In the central foreground two men stand facing each other in a crowded market.Due to the nature...

View of a member Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party standing on a cliff during the party's journey from the Tamniyah mountains to Al 'Abis village.Due to the nature of these images,...

Portrait of Salim bin Kabina, a tribesman of the Bayt Imani lineage of Rashid Bedouin and a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, standing on a sand dune in the...

A group of people getting water from a well in the area of Seiyun. The people stand at the top of a long, steep ramp, surrounded by palm trees. Above...

View of the Sheikh Saad tombs at Mudayy. Two small tombs with domed roofs sit in the distance on a flat gravel wadi. Behind the tombs a rocky hill rises...

View of a large palace-style house in Seiyun belonging to the family of Sayid Abu Bakr. In the foreground two men stand amongst large bushes and trees surrounding the house....

View of the coastal city of Jizan. In the foreground square one storey buildings line both sides of an empty street. In the background a mosque and minaret sits along...

Wilfred Thesiger's party in the desert at Dahal well. A square building sits on top of a bare hill.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs...

Huts at the village of Ash Shuqaiq. These are round huts made from reeds. A boy is standing in the foreground.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce...

View of a vast sandy wadi in the Bani Hilal tribal area near Jabal Sharif.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or...

A boy with a camel and a donkey near Seiyun.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they...

Portrait of a Qahtan prisoner with shackles on his feet at Jallat al Mawt in Wadi Dab'ah.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age,...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party trekking through the Al Dhafra sands during the party's journey to Baynunah. In the central foreground one of Wilfred Thesiger's Rashid Bedouin companions leads...

View of one of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions standing in front of Al Jahili fort in Al Ain. In the foreground a man in a white thobe (ankle-length shirt) walks...

View of a fort or city walls in the town of Al Qatif on the Persian Gulf coast. In the foreground two local Arab men stand in a square. Behind...

Portrait of a boy in the Wadi Hali near the village of Baydayn.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that...

Half length group portrait of three boys with a toddler near the town of Al Qunfidhah.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear...

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,...