Thesiger Collection

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party packing up their camels in the Wadi Halfayn.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage...

Half length portrait of an Arab man, a retainer in Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting party, in the sands near Al Ain. The man faces forward, holding a...

View into the courtyard of Al Muraba Palace in Riyadh, the home of King Abdul Aziz [Ibn Saud]. In the foreground a man is sweeping a large central courtyard. The...

View of small domed huts at Shehara cattle camp on the Jarbayb Plain. The camp is made up of small huts covered in grass and mud. A group of people...

Portrait of a boy of the Bani Malik tribe resting at the Suq as Sabt [Saturday market] in the Bani Malik Mountains [image out of focus].Due to the nature of...

Portrait of an Arab boy sitting on a rock wall at the harbour in Kuwait City. In the background one storey buildings and beached dhows (sailboats) line the shore.Due to...

Portrait of an Arab man sitting on a donkey in the Wadi Yiba or Wadi Hali. On the right a young boy stands beside the donkey.Due to the nature of...

View of a group of Bedouin girls and boys standing with their resting camels near the town of Ash Shihr.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any...

Portrait of an older tribesman of the Harasis Bedouin at Boi well.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred...

View of three men, members of the Rashid Bedouin tribe, watering their camels at Bir Thamud well. Three men stand in the foreground. Behind them a number of camels wait...

View of the Wadi Tayyah near Makha'il village with a rocky riverbed in the foreground and a ridge of mountains in the background.Due to the nature of these images, prints...

Profile portrait of a tribesman of the Junuba Bedouin, one of the retainers of Sulaiman bin Hamyiar, in the region west of the Hamrat ad Duru. A tribesman of the...

View of vegetation growing on a sand flat in the Ramlat al Ghirbaniyat (Ghirbaniyat Sands). In the foreground a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party stands in the party's camp....

Seated portrait of a boy in Wadi Jarsis in the Jabal Qara mountains. A boy from one of the Qara tribes sits facing forward on a rock ledge. Due to...

Wilfred Thesiger's party visiting with tribesmen of the Bayt Zabnawt lineage of Mahra Bedouin at Habarut [Habrut] wells.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party in the Uruq az Zayza sands in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali). Two camels are grazing on an abal [Calligonum comosum] bush. A...

View of water sellers unloading imported water from a dhow (sailboat) at the harbour in Kuwait City. In the foreground two men stand in a small rowboat. Nearby a boy...

View of trees and bushes growing on a flat near the village of Thurayban. In the distance a ridge of high mountains rises in the background.Due to the nature of...

Seated portrait of Wilfred Thesiger and Salim bin Kabina at the southern end of Jabal Hafit (Jebel Hafeet), near Al Qabil. Wilfred Thesiger (left) and Salim bin Kabina (right), a...

View of a few members of Wilfred Thesiger's party walking near the wells in Wadi Shalhamit, west of Habarut. In the near distance a few Bedouin men lead camels across...