Thesiger Collection

Portrait of a boy of the Khawlan Bedouin at Suq 'Ayban market under Jabal Fayfa. The shaved strip across his head shows he is not circumcised.Due to the nature of...

Portrait of a group of boys of the Khawlan Bedouin at Suq 'Ayban market under Jabal Fayfa. One is wearing flowers in his hair.Due to the nature of these images,...

View of a crowd of locals and traders at the suq (market) in the town of Abha. A number of donkeys stand in the foreground carrying heavy loads of wood....

Portrait of a Bedouin boy in the Jol region between Fughmah and Ghayl bin Yamayn.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party at Boi well in the Jiddat al Harasis.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party camping beside a low dune in the Sharqiyah Sands. In the background three ghaf [Prosopis cineraria] trees grow behind the dune.Due to the nature of...

Side view of a kotia, a large double masted dhow (sailboat) from India, moored at Bahrain Island. A kotia sits in choppy water, its bow pointing towards the right. In...

Half length portrait of Bil Ghaith, one of Wilfred Thesiger's Hejaz guides, crouching on the ground in the region between the towns of Najran and Badr. Bil Ghaith, a teenaged...

Side view of a distant boom, a large double masted dhow (sailboat) built in Kuwait, in the Persian Gulf between Dubai Emirate and Bahrain Island. The boom flies three sails,...

View of two beached sambuks (sailboats) at Al Ma'ala harbour in the city of Aden. In the left foreground a boy waits next to a man standing on a oil...

View of a tribesman of the Wahiba Bedouin watering his camels at a well in the Wadi 'Andam.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of...

Full length portrait of two members of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, tribesmen of the Rashid Bedouin, standing with their rifles during the party's journey from Wadi Animrit to the town...

Portrait of three Yam boys at the settlement of Badr. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before...

Close up portrait of a boy from the Humaydah tribe in the region between Suq ath Thulutha and Wadi Hali. He is wearing kohl around his eyes. Due to the...

Portrait of Yasir bin Hamud, a sheikh of the Junuba Bedouin, at the southern end of Jabal Hafit (Jebel Hafeet), near Al Qabil. Yasir bin Hamud, a member of Wilfred...

Portrait of a teenaged boy of the Qahtan Bedouin in the region between Jabal Dhahran and the town of Dhahran, near the Yemen Border.Due to the nature of these images,...

View of people walking through a market (suq) in Manama on Bahrain Island. Market stalls line both sides of an aisle, which is partially shaded by a few cloth canopies....

View of terraced cultivated fields in a valley near Baiman in the region between the city of Abha and the village of 'Ar'arah.Due to the nature of these images, prints...

Portrait of two boys sitting in front of a stone wall in the village of Al Makhwah.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age,...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling loading up their camels in the Sharqiyah Sands.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that...