Thesiger Collection

View of wood sellers and buyers at an open air market in the city of Sabya. In the foreground a trader carries a load of wood on his back. Nearby...

View of a Manasir Bedouin encampment near Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting camp in the Al Khatam sands near Al Ain. In a wide expanse of sand a...

Portrait of Nimr bin Salim, a tribesman of the Bayt Imani lineage of Rashid Bedouin, at Ghayl bin Yamayn.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party visiting a village in the foothills west of Batha' Badiyah. In the foreground two of the party's camels are couched on the ground. In the...

View of a man standing next to the stern of a baghla on the shore of Dubai Creek. A man in a white thobe (long shirt) and ghutra (headscarf) stands...

Portrait of Rai al Raqiqa and another member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, sitting in the sand during the party's journey from Yisub well to Wadi Darbat. Rai al Raqiqa,...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party trekking through the Wadi Tayyah near Makha'il village. The wadi bed is dotted with a few small bushes and a small tree. Due to...

View of a bush growing in sand in the region between Jaladah plain and the Bani Ma'arid sands in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali). Due to the nature of...

View of a crowd of people at the Suq al Khamis [Thursday market] in the town of Najran. A donkey stands in the foreground.Due to the nature of these images,...

Portrait of a teenaged boy from the Bani Malik tribe in the upper Wadi Damad. He is wearing herbs in his hair. A dagger is hanging from his belt. Due...

View of ghaf [Prosopis cineraria] trees growing in sands at the western end of the Wadi Mughshin. A large rolling sand dune fills the foreground. In the distance beyond ghaf...

View of high rock walls in the wadi surrounding Sarif wells. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred...

Group portrait of a man and three boys from one of the Qara tribes in the Jabal Qara mountains. In the background thick vegetation grows. Due to the nature of...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party riding through the Al Qafa' or As Saruq region north of Liwa oasis. Two members of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, tribesmen of the Bayt Imani...

View of locals walking through a street on market day in the city of Sabya. Shops line both sides of the street and shopkeepers sit on benches in front of...

Seated portrait of two boys from one of the Shahra tribes in the Jabal Qara mountains. Two boys kneel side by side facing forward. The boy on the left has...

A grand house at Qasam in Wadi Hadhramawt. It has several storeys and windows with carved wooden screens. The doorway is framed with columns.Due to the nature of these images,...

Seated portrait of a Bedouin tribesman in the Ramlat ar Rabbad sands. A middle-aged Bedouin man with a trim white beard sits in the sand. His head is loosely covered...

View of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party in the Ramlat ar Rabbad sands. In the right foreground a Bedouin man stands on the slope of a dune. In...

A member of Wilfred Thesiger's party.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...