Thesiger Collection

Portrait of a man from the Bin Maaruf lineage of Sa'ar Bedouin riding a camel at Manwakh well.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party trekking between oases in Liwa oasis. In the central foreground a few clumps of qassis (sedge) grow on the side of a long ridged...

View looking down from a high cliff into Wadi Ghabartan. Large flat stones lie along the sides and bottom of the wadi.Due to the nature of these images, prints will...

View of the sandy desert surrounding Huliyah well. In the foreground a Bedouin man in Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party leads two camels into the foreground, where a third camel is...

Group portrait of a Sahul Bedouin family at the Ar Rumhiya wells near Ar Riyadh. In the foreground a family of Sahul Bedouin sit together in a line, facing towards...

Standing full length portrait of a young man in the region surrounding the town of Ad Dali' in Ad Dali' Governorate. He is standing on rocky ground in front of...

Seated portrait of Muhammad, a sheikh of the Rashid Bedouin, at his encampment in the Ramlat ar Rabbad sands near Bir al Tawil. Muhammad, an elderly man with a long...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party trekking through Al Dhafra sands during their journey across the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali) from Dhibi well to Al Batin sands. Two of...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin travelling party resting in a grove of trees in the Wadi Aswad. In the background small trees grow on the flat sand.Due to the nature...

Portrait of a boy of the Yam tribe, taken in the region surrounding the town of Najran.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age,...

Group portrait of three men from the Bin Maaruf lineage of Sa'ar Bedouin sitting on the ground at Manwakh well.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any...

Half length standing portrait of Salim bin Ghabaisha, one of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling companions, at a well near Sharjah city during the party's journey from Jabal Sumeini to Sharjah. Salim...

Half length portrait of an Arab boy in the region near Jazirat Al Hamra in Ras Al Khaimah Emirate. The boy stands facing forward, holding a stick in his hands....

View of two people travelling towards a date palm grove in Liwa oasis. In the foreground a large sand flat dotted with a few tufts of vegetation sits below a...

View of a crowd of locals and traders at the suq (market) in the town of Abha. A large crowd of people and animals fills the market in a town...

View of the coastal city of Jizan. In the foreground a goat stands in the courtyard of a square one storey building. In the distance beyond a square two storey...

View of a herd of goats standing on boulders in the Qara mountains. In the background a group of Mahra Bedouin are gathered behind the goats in front of their...

View of a group of Rashid Bedouin at a well in the region surrounding Kuwait City. On the left a large number of goats wait by the well. In the...

View of rolling dunes in Al Batin sands, near Liwa oasis, in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali). Three dune ridges, bare of any vegetation, fill the foreground. In the...

View of a member of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting party in Al Khatam sands near Al Ain oasis. In the foreground three camels are couched and one...