Thesiger Collection

Close up profile portrait of Huaishil, one of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling companions, in the region surrounding Al Ain / Buraimi Oasis. Huaishil, a sheikh of the Mahamid lineage of Duru...

Portrait of a teenaged boy of the Yam tribe taken by Wilfred Thesiger during his journey from the town of Najran to the town of Badr. Due to the nature...

View of Utaybah Bedouin watering their camels at Al Qaiyah well.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before...

Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party gathering water from a well in the Wadi Halfayn. A line of camels wait behind the men.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce...

View of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party sitting with two couched camels on a gravel plain east of Wadi Andhur. Due to the nature of these images, prints...

View of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party in the Ramlat ar Rabbad sands. In the central foreground a Bedouin man stands on the crest of a dune, holding...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party riding camels through the Jiddat al Harasis during the party's journey from Boi well to Yisub well. Due to the nature of these images,...

Portrait of a man at the village of 'Arish.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party standing around a dead cow on a hillside in Jabal Qara. The men are preparing to butcher the cow. Due to the nature of these...

View of farmer's fields and a square building in a valley near Baiman in the region between the city of Abha and the village of 'Ar'arah.Due to the nature of...

Qahtan men loading up their camels in the region between Jabal Dhahran and the town of Dhahran, near the Yemen Border.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce...

Seated group portrait of three of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's Bedouin retainers in Al Ain. Each of the three men wears a headscarf (ghutra) and a light coloured...

Half length standing portrait of Salim bin Kabina, one of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling companions, in the region surrounding Al Ain / Buraimi Oasis. Salim bin Kabina, a tribesman of the...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party riding through the Al Qafa' or As Saruq region north of Liwa oasis. Two members of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, tribesmen of the Bayt Imani...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party travelling from the Khawr bin 'Atarit well in the Ghanim Sands to the Ramlat al Ghafah.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce...

Wilfred Thesiger's party at a well in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali) in the region between 'Uruq ash Shaybah and Al Dhafra sands. A number of men and camels...

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...

Portrait of Salim bin Ghabaisha, a young tribesman of the Bayt Imani lineage of Rashid Bedouin, in the Jabal Qara mountains.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce...

Portrait of a tribesman 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, wear...

View of an oasis on Bahrain Island. On the right a dog swims in a large pool of water in a date palm grove. Behind the dog a dirt path...