Thesiger Collection

Portrait of a boy in the Wadi Baysh. He is wearing a hat made from palm fronds.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age,...

Portrait of a young man of the Manahil Bedouin at Fughmah.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before...

View of two of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling companions resting in camp north of Al Ain, near the Dhahir mountains, during the party's journey from Al Ain to Ramlat Unayq. A...

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...

Portrait of a man of the Humum Bedouin at Ghayl bin Yamayn.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred...

View of a large building in the city of Shibam. Painted decorations cover the plaster walls of the building. Railings and spires run along the edges of the roof. The...

Portrait of a boy and a man of the Yam Bedouin in the region between the towns of Dhahran and Najran. Due to the nature of these images, prints will...

Portrait of Bedouin men in Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party standing together at Boi well in the Jiddat al Harasis. Sultan bin Ahmad, a sheikh of the Bayt Sh'asha lineage of...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party riding along the eastern side of Jebel Kawr in the Wadi al 'Ayn and Wadi al 'Umayri watershed. In the foreground a large party...

View overlooking a valley at the Sarif wells. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were...

Landscape in the Bani Malik Mountains near the Yemen border.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they...

Full length profile portrait of a thoroughbred Batina camel in Al Ain oasis. A Batina camel stands on a sand dune in sparse dry grass, facing towards the right. It...

View of Sahul Bedouin drawing water from one of the Rumah wells. Many men haul water from a rock-lined well using ropes and pulleys. Behind them a flock of sheep...

Portrait of two tribesmen and a boy standing on boulders in Jabal Qara.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that...

View of locals at a well in Salalah. In the foreground a few people stand near a well. A man is using a camel to draw water from the well,...

Portrait of Salim bin Kabina, a tribesman of the Bayt Imani lineage of Rashid Bedouin and one of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling companions, at Manwakh well.Due to the nature of these...

Portrait of a boy of the Sa'ar Bedouin at Manwakh well. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred...

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,...

Portrait of a Jewish man at Najran.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were archived by...

View of dhows (sailboats) being repaired on the waterfront in the coastal city of Jizan. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear...