Thesiger Collection

View of a large boulder sitting in the middle of a rocky valley on Jebel Hafeet [Jabal Hafit] mountain. Steep limestone walls rise on either side of a narrow valley...

Two Bedouin boys at Bir Muhammad Yahyah well near Wadi Bayd.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party trekking across dunes in Al Humrah sands during their journey to Umm az Zumul. In the central foreground a dry bare tree grows in a...

Portrait of a teenaged Arab water seller with a transport donkey at the harbour in Kuwait City. The boy sells fresh water, which was at this time was imported to...

View of traders at a suq (market) in the city of Ad Dali'. In the left foreground a man buys grain from a trader. On the left a group of...

View of a man leading a camel across Al Maqta, a ford between Abu Dhabi and the mainland. In the foreground a man wades through shallow water, leading a camel...

Stern view of dhows moored along the shore of Bahrain Island. In wind-rippled water two small dhows are moored alongside a boom, a type of large double masted dhow (sailboat)...

View of a man and some camels searching for grazing on large sand dunes in the Al Qafa' or As Saruq region north of Liwa oasis. In the foreground a...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party resting in camp at Furai well in Sharqiyah Sands. In the left foreground Salim bin Kabina, a tribesman of the Bayt Imani Lineage of Rashid...

Buildings in Seiyun. These are square buildings with several storeys, large windows and smaller openings in the walls. An open space in front of them.Due to the nature of these...

Portrait of a young man of the Bin Maaruf lineage of Sa'ar Bedouin in the Raydat as Say'ar.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of...

Portrait of Bil Ghaith, one of Wilfred Thesiger's Hejaz guides, crouching on the ground near the village of Thurayban. Bil Ghaith, a teenaged boy from the Harb Bedouin tribe of...

View of trees growing on a hillside in a mountainous region between the town of Ad Dhafir and Jabal Baydan.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any...

Full length portrait of a Bedouin boy at Bir Ali' well. The boy stands in the foreground holding his arms aloft. In the right background a man walks past the...

View of the city of Lawdar in Abyan Governorate. In the foreground villagers and a donkey walk in the street. In the background a large square stone tower sits next...

Portrait of a young boy of the Sa'ar Bedouin at a well in the region between the city of Shibam and the Raydat as Say'ar. Due to the nature of...

Wilfred Thesiger's party in the Shib Adaru wadi. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were...

Portrait of a teenaged boy of the Qahtan Bedouin in the region between Jabal Dhahran and the town of Dhahran, near the Yemen Border.Due to the nature of these images,...

View of the village of Thurayban. In the distance a village of square stone houses clusters around a small rise. In the far distance a high ridge of mountains rises...

View of members of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party resting at the southern end of Jabal Hafit (Jebel Hafeet), near Al Qabil. In the near distance one of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin...