Thesiger Collection

View of Salim bin Kabina, a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, in Al Humrah sands during the party's journey to Umm az Zumul. On the left Salim bin Kabina,...

View of a peregrine falcon belonging to Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting party resting in the Al Khatam sands near Al Ain. In the left foreground a peregrine...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party resting under trees at Jabal Buwaydah, a long low mountain below Jebel Kawr. Members of Wilfred Thesiger's party rest in the shade beneath large trees...

Half length portrait of Salim bin Ghabaisha, one of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions, in Ras Al Khaimah Emirate. Salim bin Ghabaisha, a tribesman of the Bayt Imani lineage of the...

View of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party leading a camel across a gravel bed at Andhur spring. In the distance the steep rock cliffs of Wadi Andur fill...

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

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party trekking through Al Dhafra sands during their journey from Dhibi well to Al Batin sands. Wilfred Thesiger's travelling companions, tribesmen of the Bayt Imani...

Portrait of Rai al Raqiqa, a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, riding a camel in the Jiddat al Harasis during the party's journey from Boi well to Yisub well....

Palm grove at Ghayl bin Yamayn. A pool of water between the trees.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions visiting the encampment of Muhammad, a sheikh of the Rashid Bedouin, in the Ramlat ar Rabbad sands near Bir Al Tawil. Six Bedouin kneel...

View of buildings in a village near the city of Abha. In the near distance two multi-storeyed square buildings built from adobe bricks sit on a gravel flat. A walled...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party trekking towards a high dune in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali) during the party's journey from Jaladah plain to Bani Ma'arid sands. Due...

Standing full length portrait of a tribesman of the Al Kathir Bedouin in the Jabal Qara mountains near Kismim Pass. The young man stands in a patch of grass holding...

View of one of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions leading three camels in the Al Khatam sands south of Al Ain, during the party's journey towards Al Humrah sands. On the...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party resting at the well of Ma' Shadid in the Wadi Ghudun. On the left a few of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin guides are setting up...

View of two bushes growing in the Bani Ma'arid sands of the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali). In the background long dune chains stretch out into the far distant horizon....

View of a crowd of people in the suq (market) in the village of Al Makhwah. In the central foreground a boy with a donkey stands beside a group of...

Portrait of a Bedouin man, a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, in the lower Wadi 'Aydim.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age,...

View of a group of Arab men racing camels near Al Muwaiji Fort in Al Ain. A large number of men race their camels across a vast rocky plain from...

Portrait of a tribesman of the Utaybah Bedouin watering his camels at one of the Rumah wells. In the foreground a man pours water into a hawd, a wood and...