Thesiger Collection

View of a Bedouin tribesman, a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, standing next to a trilith monument at Mudayy. The man stands in the foreground, leaning on a walking...

Close up portrait of a Bedouin tribesman near Al Hubi village. A young man faces forward, carrying a rifle. He wears a thobe (shirt) and a headscarf loosely tied with...

Portrait of a man at the village of 'Arish. He is wearing a broad-brimmed straw hat.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear...

Portrait of four Sa'ar Bedouin men and women hauling water from Manwakh well. They are using rope and a wooden pulley to haul water out of the well. In the...

Portrait of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party riding a camel in the Ramlat al Ghirbaniyat (Ghirbaniyat Sands). Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any...

View of a dry field in the Al Ghamid tribal region between the villages of Al Makhwah and Thurayban. In the distance a ridge of mountains rises in the background.Due...

View of a grove of date palms in Liwa oasis. In the foreground footprints and camel tracks cross a wide flat on a sloping sand dune. On the left a...

Half length portrait of an Iranian porter standing on a Dubai street. A bald man stands in front of a stucco wall holding a metal object in his hand. He...

Portrait of a boy of the Sa'ar Bedouin sitting on a rock in the Raydat as Say'ar region.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of...

View of the coastal city of Jizan. In the foreground a goat stands in the courtyard of a square one storey building. In the distance beyond a square two storey...

Seated profile portrait of a tribesman of the Rashid Bedouin at an encampment near Bir al Tawil in the Ramlat ar Rabbad. This man is the son of Muhammad, a...

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 party watering camels at a well during the party's journey from Jabal Buwaydah to the town of Al Qabil. Due to the nature of these images,...

Portrait of two Wahiba Bedouin tribesmen filling up a water skin at Furai well in Sharqiyah Sands.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age,...

Portrait of a Bedouin boy and young man from a camel caravan at Al Mukalla.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or...

View of an abandoned building at Sabya al Jadid, the old Idrisi capital. The square building is one storey tall, and its facade is covered with carved ornamental plaster work....

Half length portrait of Bil Ghaith, one of Wilfred Thesiger's Hejaz guides, in Jizan. Bil Ghaith, a teenaged boy from the Harb Bedouin tribe of the Wadi al Ahsabah, accompanied...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party resting below the ruined fort at Shisr well. The well is located at the bottom of a sink hole below the crumbling walls of...

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...

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...