Thesiger Collection

Portrait of three boys at Baydayn village in Wadi Hali.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they...

Close-up profile portrait of the head of a thoroughbred (female) Wahiba camel in the Sharqiyah Sands. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age,...

View of two Qara tribesmen and their cattle at a spring in Wadi Nihiz in the Jabal Qara mountains. In the near distance a Qara tribesman hauls water from a...

Mountain landscape at Jabal Fayfa.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were archived by the Pitt...

View of one of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions standing on a sand dune in Al Khatam sands. In the foreground large clumps of qassis (sedge) grow on the steep slope...

View of locals and traders standing in the street at the suq (market) in Al Hofuf in the region of Al Hasa. Long low buildings with many doorways line the...

Portrait of a man of the Rashid Bedouin (left), a man of the Mahra Bedouin (right) and a man of the Manahil Bedouin (sitting) in the region between Ghayl bin...

Portrait of a boy from the Wadi 'Itwad.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were archived...

View of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party standing on a dune in Liwa oasis. One of Wilfred Thesiger's Rashid Bedouin companions stands on the slope of a sand...

View of a date palm grove in Liwa oasis. In the central foreground a tall date palm grows in the sand amongst scattered salt bushes and clumps of qassis (sedge)...

View of bushes and palm trees growing amongst rocks at Makhari well. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that...

View of boys being paraded around Baydayn village by a crowd of supporters prior to the boys' circumcision.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party's camels grazing in sand dunes in Wadi Samhan. In the central distance four camels graze on a large ghaf (Prosopis cineraria) trees growing at the...

Seated portrait of an elder tribesman of the Wahiba Bedouin in the Wadi Halfayn. The man has a thick beard and wears a light coloured thobe (shirt) topped with a...

Portrait of Said bin Kabina, Salim bin Kabina's younger brother, standing at the Al Muqarqar spring in the Wadi Kidyut.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party resting in the shade of a tree in the foothills west of Batha' Badiyah.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs...

Half length portrait of three young Arab men and a boy at the suq (market) in the town of Abha.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any...

Portrait of a Qahtan prisoner with shackles on his feet at Jallat al Mawt in Wadi Dab'ah.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age,...

View of tower houses with walled exterior courtyards in the town of Qalat Bishah. The buildings are made from zabur (forced earth). In the right background a watchtower sits alongside...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party resting in the shade of a tree in the upper Wadi al Batha' east of Qabil al Bu Said village.Due to the nature of these...