Thesiger Collection

Seated portrait of a teenaged boy holding a bunch of palm frond leaves near Jibal Al ad Duwayni.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of...

Portrait of members of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party men butchering a camel in the Shi'b al Raqq near the Haij well. In the foreground a group of men are gathered...

Three-quarter length portrait of an Arab man standing on a threshing platform in the city of Abha. The man is wearing a broad-brimmed straw hat. Behind him a boy is...

View of a village in the region north of the city of Ad Dali' in Ad Dali' Governorate. In the foreground crops and a few trees grow in terraced fields....

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party resting on their journey from Dhibi well through Al Dhafra sands to Al Batin sands. A group of couched camels rest in a wide...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party trekking across dunes in Al Humrah sands during their journey to Umm az Zumul. In the near distance three of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions ride...

View of Khiyunt spring in the Jabal Qara.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were archived...

View of abras (passenger ferry boats) at a crossing on Dubai Creek. A line of abras wait at a ferryboat station along Dubai creek. A group of men stand in...

View of Salim bin Kabina, a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, and a tribesman of the Wahiba Bedouin at a well in the Wadi 'Andam. Salim bin Kabina, a...

View of exposed bedrock in Al Dhafra sands of the Rub' al Khali. In the foreground a bare sand dune slopes steeply down to into a depression. Exposed sandstone sits...

View of the rural landscape around the city of Ad Dali' in Ad Dali' Governorate. In the foreground crops grow in plots laid out across a wide valley floor. In...

View from a hillside looking down into a valley in the region surrounding the village of Sawda.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age,...

Portrait of a herds boy of the Bayt Kathir Bedouin in Dhofar.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred...

Group portrait of four people sitting around a cooking fire at Muhammad's encampment near Bir al Tawil in the Ramlat ar Rabbad sands. On the left a woman sits, holding...

Group portrait of five of Sheikh Shakhbut bin Sultan Al Nahyan's retainers sitting on the Corniche in Abu Dhabi. The man in the centre holds a rifle, while the four...

Portrait of a tribesman of the Bayt Kathir Bedouin, possibly a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, sitting on the ground in the region between Shisr well and Mughshin Oasis.Due...

Half length portrait of a tribesman of the Junuba Bedouin, possibly a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, in Al Muwaiji near Al Muwaiji Fort in Al Ain oasis. A...

Wilfred Thesiger's party resting under trees in the Wadi 'Andam, west of Qabil al Bu Said village. Salim bin Kabina, a tribesman of the Bayt Imani lineage of Rashid Bedouin,...

View of a group of farmers using teams of donkeys to thresh hay on a farm outside the city of Tarim. The donkeys are being driven over the hay, which...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party resting at a well in Al Batin or Al Dhafra sands. In the far distance members of Wilfred Thesiger's party stand at a well...