Thesiger Collection

Group portrait of two men from the Bin Maaruf lineage of Sa'ar Bedouin sitting beside a campfire at Manwakh well. A coffee urn sits on the ground in front of...

Wilfred Thesiger's party resting in a wadi during their journey from Dahal well to Qabr Hud well.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age,...

Portrait of a boy in Umm al Khashab village in the Wadi Baysh.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that...

Side profile portrait of a boy of the Manahil Bedouin kneeling on the ground in Sih Rabagh, near Huliyah well. The boy's cockscomb hair style shows that he has not...

View of local villagers at a village in Al Buraimi oasis. In the foreground a young boy stands in an expanse of flat sand dotted with low vegetation. In the...

The market at Abha with Al Shada Palace in the background.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions visiting with a group of Wahiba Bedouin at their tent in the Wadi Halfayn. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce...

Portrait of a teenaged boy of the Qara tribe sitting in sand at a pool in the Wadi Darbat.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs...

Portrait of Salim bin Kabina, a young tribesman of the Bayt Imani lineage of Rashid Bedouin, taken during Wilfred Thesiger's party's journey from Ghayl bin Yumayn to Wadi 'Arf. He...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party at camp under a Baina tree in the plains below Hamrat ad Duru, during the party's journey from Masruq well to Al Hubi village. Four...

Full length portrait of a young boy, Sheikh Mubarak bin Mohammed Al Nahyan, at Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's encampment near Jebel Hafeet [Jabal Hafit]. In the foreground Sheikh...

View of a gravelly wadi bed in the Wadi Tayyah near 'Aqabat ash Sha'ar pass.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or...

Portrait of three Duru Bedouin in the Wadi al 'Ayn. In the left foreground a man and two boys, members of the Duru Bedouin tribe, rest in the shade beside...

View of Bedouin men in Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party resting beside a number of couched camels in the Ramlat al Ghafah.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce...

Standing full length portrait of a man and a thoroughbred camel on an Abu Dhabi island. A man wearing a headscarf, thobe (ankle-length shirt) and a suit jacket stands to...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party resting beneath a tall tree in the Wadi Shalhamit, west of Habarut.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age,...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party at a well in the region west of the Hamrat ad Duru. In the near distance a line of camels gather along a mud trough...

View of a tree growing in a field in the region of Jabal Dhahran or the Bani Malik Mountains.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs...

View of an Arab man standing beside a tall grave marker a graveyard near Salalah. A number of rocks mark the grave.Due to the nature of these images, prints will...

View of two Arab men standing in a covered suq (market) thoroughfare in Al Hofuf in the region of Al Hasa. In the near distance two people stand in a...