Thesiger Collection

View of a group of Sa'ar Bedouin watering at Manwakh well. Two men fill water skins while a woman and child look on. Due to the nature of these images,...

View of Sa'ar Bedouin watering at Manwakh well. A crowd of people using ropes and pulleys haul water from the well. Due to the nature of these images, prints will...

Seated portrait of a shipwright working the shade in Kuwait City. The young Arab man is drilling holes into wooden blocks.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce...

Seated close up portrait of an elder Bedouin man at a fort (likely Al Muwaiji Fort) in Al Ain. An elder Bedouin man with a long goatee sits with his...

Portrait of Suhail bin Al Kuwait, a young tribesman of the Bayt Gidad lineage of Bayt Kathir Bedouin, taken during Wilfred Thesiger's party's journey from Ghayl bin Yumayn to Wadi...

View of a tribesman of the Awazim or Ajman Bedouin at a well in the region between Kuwait City and Al Qatif on the Persian Coast. In the foreground a...

View of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin travelling party standing beside a deep wadi near the well of Ma' Shadid.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce...

View of trees growing on a sandy flat in the Wadi Hali near the village of Baydayn.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age,...

Fort at Najran with towers on the corners and ornamental stonework on top of the walls.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear...

Close up profile portrait, taken in the sands near Al Ain, of a thoroughbred female batina camel Wilfred Thesiger owned in 1950. The camel faces towards the left (only its...

Portrait of a peregrine falcon belonging to Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting party resting in the Al Khatam sands near Al Ain. A puffed up peregrine falcon perches...

View of a wadi bed dotted with dry bushes and a tree in the Wadi Qana, west of Makha'il village.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any...

Seated portrait of Salim bin Ghabaisha, one of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling companions, riding a camel during the party's journey from Jabal Sumeini to the port city of Sharjah. Salim bin...

View of locals strolling through streets in the town of Al Hofuf in the region of Al Hasa. Locals stroll through a wide street lined with buildings on both sides.Due...

Portrait of Wilfred Thesiger's sailing companions on a dhow (sailboat) in the Abu Dhabi islands. A number of men crouch on the deck of a dhow which is leaning towards...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party riding along Al 'Aradh in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali). In the background rocky areas rise slightly above the sands. Due to the...

Portrait of a group of young boys sitting in the sand in the Wadi Hali. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear...

View of Shibam. The main gate into the walled city is on the left. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or...

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 Utaybah Bedouin hauling water from a well at Al Qaiyah or Ad Dafinah wells. This photograph was taken during Wilfred Thesiger's journey from Marat village to Burayman, near...