Thesiger Collection

View of a man at Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting camp near Al Ain. A man wearing a cartridge belt over his thobe (long shirt) stands in an...

[image indistinct]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 Rivers Museum.

View of one of Wilfred Thesiger's guides standing on a rock outcrop below Jebel Hafeet [Jabal Hafit] mountain. In the right foreground a man in an izaar (wraparound skirt), and...

View of the city of Lawdar in Abyan Governorate. In the foreground a large shelter made from plant material sits alongside a number of square, flat roofed stone buildings. Behind...

View of two members of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party standing beside a marakh bush in the lower Wadi Shihan. The party's equipment lies in the sand surrounding the bush.Due to...

View of Salim bin Ghabaisha and Salim bin Kabina, Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions, standing in front of Al Khandaq Fort in Buraimi oasis. Salim bin Ghabaisha (left) and Salim bin...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party resting in the Sharqiyah Sands during the party's journey from Tawi Harian well to Batha' Badiyah. Due to the nature of these images, prints...

View of a young boy standing in a grove of date palms in Al Birk village. The boy is standing on one of many piles of stones which surround the...

Portrait of three young boys, named Munzuk [Murzuk], Erzek and Merzik, of the Bayt Kathir Bedouin sitting on stony ground at Habarut wells. They are the sons of Nura, a...

View of a sand fence and date palm grove at a salt flat (sabkha) in Liwa oasis. In the foreground a number of young date palms grow alongside a sand...

View of an Arab family watering sheep and goats at a well near the town of Qalat Bishah. Three women and a boy stand with their animals beside a well.Due...

Portrait of a sailor climbing up the mast of a dhow (sailboat) in the Persian Gulf near Dubai. A sailor uses ropes to climb up one of the dhow's masts,...

View of Qasr Ibrahim fort in the town of Al Hofuf in Al Hasa Oasis. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear...

Portrait of an older man of the Harasis Bedouin at Boi well in the Jiddat al Harasis.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age,...

Portrait of Musallim bin Anauf, the son of Salim bin Turkia and a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, sitting on rocks at Yisub well. Musallim bin Anauf, a tribesman...

Side view of kotias, large double masted dhows (sailboats) from India, moored at Bahrain Island. In the centre distance a kotia sits in choppy water, its bow pointing towards the...

Close up standing portrait of a Baluchi porter, from Iran, in Dubai. A middle-aged man with a moustache and stubbly beard stands turned slightly to the right. He wears a...

Profile portrait of Salim bin Kabina, a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, riding a female thoroughbred Wahiba camel near Al Qabil, at the southern end of Jabal Hafit (Jebel...

Portrait of a boy of the Khawlan Bedouin at Suq 'Ayban market under Jabal Fayfa. The shaved strip across his head shows he is not circumcised.Due to the nature of...

View of three men in a small dhow (sailboat) along Shindagha beach in Dubai. Two men work at the centre of the boat, next to the mast, while a third...