Thesiger Collection

View of the village of Al Haqu.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were archived by...

Portrait of four men standing in front of a house at a village in Zahran tribal territory, in the region between the town of Ad Dhafir and Jabal Baydan. There...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party crossing a rock-strewn wadi bed in the region north of the town of Al-Saum. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce...

View of the Ad Dibin palm groves. Behind it a mountain rises. A path is leading towards a high wooden rack or frame. A man standing on either side.Due to...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party resting in camp at Furai well in Sharqiyah Sands. In the foreground Sahail bin Tahi (left), a tribesman of the Mudairiba lineage of Rashid Bedouin,...

Standing full length portrait of a Qara tribesman in the Jabal Qara mountains near Kismim Pass. A Qara tribesman stands in grass holding a rifle over his shoulder and a...

View of boys being paraded around Baydayn village by a crowd of supporters prior to the boys' circumcision. People are crowding around them.Due to the nature of these images, prints...

Half length portrait of a young man of the Bayt Kathir Bedouin in the Wadi Shutaynah or Wadi 'Aydim.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs...

Portrait of a boy of the Yam tribe at the settlement of Badr.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party camping under trees in the Wadi Andhur near Andhur well. In the distance a large mountain rises above the horizon.Due to the nature of...

Full length portrait of a man standing with a camel in Al Ain oasis. On the left a man stands in the sand beside a dry bush, holding the head...

Close up portrait of Bil Ghaith, one of Wilfred Thesiger's Hejaz guides, in the Wadi Hali. Bil Ghaith, a teenaged boy from the Harb Bedouin tribe of the Wadi al...

Wilfred Thesiger's party in the sands of the 'Uruq ash Shaybah, in the Rub' al Khali (Empty Quarter).Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of...

Three men of Wilfred Thesiger's party. Two are sitting on the ground, one is standing.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or...

Portrait of a man of the Yam tribe taken by Wilfred Thesiger during his journey from the town of Najran to the town of Badr. Due to the nature of...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party resting on their camels during the party's journey from Hanun well to Jabal Qara. Some of the men's camels are nibbling on a bush.Due...

Group portrait of a young man, a boy and a teenager of the Sa'ar Bedouin sitting on the ground in the Raydat as Say'ar. Due to the nature of these...

Full length standing portrait of a boy with his donkey in front of a house wall in Sharjah. A teenage boy stands leaning on a cane next to his donkey...

Portrait of Bil Ghaith, one of Wilfred Thesiger's Hejaz guides, pouring coffee into a small cup in Jizan. He is sitting on a carpet inside a house. Bil Ghaith, a...

Group portrait of three boys in the Al Ghamid tribal region between the villages of Al Makhwah and Thurayban. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any...