Thesiger Collection

Seated portrait of Mahalhal bin 'Ati and Sahail bin Tahi, two of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin guides, in camp in the Wadi al 'Ayn. On the left Sahail bin Tahi, a...

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

Full length standing portrait of a boy in front of a Sharjah Creek. A boy stands on a stone wall that lines Sharjah Creek, looking into the far right distance....

Standing group portrait of three Sahul Bedouin men at the Ar Rumhiya wells near Ar Riyadh. In the foreground three Sahul Bedouin men stand together in sand littered with camel...

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...

View of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party trekking through dunes in Al Batin sands during their journey across the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali) from Al Dhafra sands...

Portrait of a boy of the Humum Bedouin.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were archived...

View of two people on a street in Sharjah. In the foreground a man sits on a wooden bench alongside a dirt thoroughfare in Sharjah. Behind him a young man...

View of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party standing in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali) during the party's journey from Jaladah plain to Bani Ma'arid sands. The man...

Full length group portrait of three boys standing in front of a fence in Ash Shuqaiq village. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party trekking across a plain between mountain ridges in the region near Jibal Al ad Duwayni.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin travelling party pausing in a wadi near Mudayy, during the party's journey from Ayun to Mudayy.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce...

View of a crowd of traders and buyers at the Suq al Khamis [Thursday market] in the town of Najran. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce...

View of tall multi-storey buildings in the Wadi Hadhramawt near Seiyun. The building on the right has been decorated with ornamental lime plaster.Due to the nature of these images, prints...

Half length portrait of Bil Ghaith, one of Wilfred Thesiger's Hejaz guides, in the village of Thurayban. Bil Ghaith, a teenaged boy from the Harb Bedouin tribe of the Wadi...

Two boys with donkeys near Seiyun.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...

View of palm trees growing in a sunken garden in the Wadi Fatimah near Mecca.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or...

Portrait of a tribesman of the Sahul Bedouin hauling water from a well at the Ar Rumhiya wells near Ar Riyadh. In the background a large group of camels wait...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's sailing companions aboard a dhow (sailboat) in the Abu Dhabi islands. In the foreground at the far right a man sits on deck. Behind him a...

View of sand fences along a large sand dune in Liwa oasis. In the right foreground a large bush grows in a hollow on the side of the dune. In...