Thesiger Collection

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...

View of a date palm grove at a salt flat (sabkha) in Liwa oasis. In the foreground a number of young date palms have been planted in rows in an...

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...

Full length portrait of one of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's retainers standing with a Batina camel at Al Ain oasis. On the left a thoroughbred Batina camel stands...

View of bushes growing on the lee side of a sand dune in the region between Jaladah plain and the Bani Ma'arid sands in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali)....

View of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting party riding camels through dry vegetation in Al Khatam sands near Al Ain. Four men and a boy pause on their...

Portrait of an elderly man of the Rashid in the Wadi Kidyut.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred...

Buildings at Seiyun in the Wadi Hadhramawt. They stand at the foot of a mountain.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or...

View of stone buildings in the village of Thurayban. In the foreground a few ruined stone buildings sit at the bottom of a hill. A square one storey building sits...

Full length profile portrait of an Arab man, one of Wilfred Thesiger's guides, standing with Ghazala ('the gazelle'), a famous thoroughbred Batina camel, during the party's journey from Jabal Sumeini...

View of thick vegetation growing on a rolling flat in the region between Seiyun and Shibam in the Wadi Hadhramawt. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce...

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 to the right. Behind...

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

Portrait of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party standing in a mountain landscape near Wadi 'Arf.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age,...

View of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party in the Ramlat ar Rabbad sands. In the central foreground a Bedouin man stands looking into the far left distance on...

View of a village in the Al Ghamid tribal region between the villages of Al Makhwah and Thurayban. In the foreground three members of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party ride their...

Side view of two sambuks (sailboats) beached at Al Ma'ala harbour in the city of Aden. In the right background a third sambuk is beached in shallow water. Due to...