Thesiger Collection

View of a Qara tribesman standing in a clearing in Wadi Nihiz in the Jabal Qara mountains. In the near distance a Qara tribesman stands in the midst of a...

Standing full length portrait of a boy wearing a broad-brimmed hat in the city of Abha. Behind him low rock walls stretch across an expanse of fields. At the far...

View of old Sabya from the Emir's palace. In the foreground an open air building sits in an empty courtyard, which is surrounded by a high stone wall. Behind the...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party trekking with their camels through a wadi in the Hejaz foothills of the upper Wadi Hali. Due to the nature of these images, prints...

Group portrait of an Arab family making coffee under a tree near the town of Qalat Bishah. A man, two women and a toddler sit around the fire, on which...

Portrait of Nura sitting with two of her three children in front of a bush at the Habarut [Habrut] wells. Wilfred Thesiger first met Nura and her three children, Munzuk...

Three-quarter length portrait of Ali, a young Iranian sailor, on a dhow (sailboat) in the Persian Gulf between Dubai Emirate and Bahrain Island. A twelve-year-old sailor leans against the poop...

View of two members of Wilfred Thesiger's party riding camels in the Ghanim Sands, during the party's journey from Khasfah well to Matki well. In the background a qaid dune,...

Portrait of four of Wilfred Thesiger's sailing companions in resting in camp on one of the Abu Dhabi islands. At the far left, an older man sits cross-legged, leaning on...

View of sailors preparing to hoist sails on a dhow (sailboat) in the Persian Gulf near Dubai. In the far right foreground a man stands next to a large rope...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party loading up their camels in the sands near Manwakh well in perpetration for the party's second crossing of the Rub' al Khali (Empty Quarter).Due...

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

Standing full length portrait of a man of the Bin Maaruf lineage of Sa'ar Bedouin at Manwakh well. He is holding a rifle covered in a leather sleeve.Due to the...

View of an abal bush growing amongst rolling dunes in Al Batin sands in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali). Successive dune ridges rise from the near foreground into the...

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

A boy of the Humum Bedouin.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...

A group of Mahra Bedouin at Habarut [Habrut], men and a woman with a little boy sitting under a palm tree.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce...

View of a man walking on a street in the city of Dubai. A man wearing a taqiyah cap and a light coloured thobe (long shirt) walks down a street...

View of people riding camels near the town of Ras Al Khaimah. In the foreground two men and a woman ride with a herd of camels across a vast flat...

View of children and adults standing in the street in the city of Seiyun. In the foreground a large palm tree casts a shadow over the road. In the background...