Thesiger Collection

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party trekking through the Bani Hilal tribal area near Jabal Sharif.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear...

Portrait of four Sa'ar Bedouin boys and girls filing a hawd, a leather and wood water trough, at Manwakh well. The girls are wearing silver belts around their waists and...

Portrait of a member of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting party riding a camel in Al Khatam sands near Al Ain. An Arab man with a thick dark...

Portrait of a boy standing in front of a tree the region between the town of Ad Dhafir and Jabal Baydan.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce...

View of a number of Arab and Bedouin men, some of them from Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, at a well between Jabal Sumeini and Sharjah. In the right foreground a...

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...

Close up portrait of a boy of the Duru Bedouin in the region near Jazirat Al Hamra in Ras Al Khaimah Emirate. The boy stands facing towards the left. He...

View of a boy standing in a wadi in the upper Wadi Dhamad.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that...

View out across a vast flat plain dotted with trees in the Wadi 'Andam, west of Qabil al Bu Said village.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce...

View of landscape in the Bani Malik tribal region between 'Aqabat ash Sha'ar pass and the city of Abha.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs...

View of two members of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting party men preparing coffee in the Al Khatam sands near Al Ain. In the left foreground an Arab...

Mountain landscape at Jabal Fayfa.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...

Group portrait of sailors hoisting sails on a dhow (sailboat) travelling through the Persian Gulf from Dubai to Bahrain Island. A group of sailors stand together on the deck, pulling...

A man standing beside a camel at Mughshin Oasis. Ghaf [Prosopis cineraria] trees grow in the background.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age,...

Portrait of a boy at Umm al Khashab. He is wearing a hat made from palm fronds.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age,...

View of a mosque in the city of Ad Dali'. A large mosque built of stone sits in the foreground. It has a flat roof decorated with many small sized...

Portrait of Wahiba Bedouin at Buraymah well in the Wadi Halfayn. In the foreground two men and two women stand at the opening of a well hauling water. A third...

Seated portrait of two Sahul Bedouin children resting in front of a tent at one of the Rumah wells.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs...

Three-quarter length seated portrait of Captain Haji Mansur on his dhow (sailboat) in the Persian Gulf near Bahrain. Haji Mansur, the nakhoda or captain of the dhow on which Wilfred...

Portrait of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, a tribesman of the Rashid Bedouin. This portrait was taken in the region between Wadi Rahnah and Al Maghar well. Due...