Thesiger Collection

A boy at a well near Seiyun.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were archived by...

At Umm al Khashab. A boy is scooping water with a water-skin. He is wearing a hat made from palm fronds.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce...

Portrait of a man of the Yam tribe taken by Wilfred Thesiger during his journey from the town of Najran to the town of Badr. Due to the nature of...

Portrait of a boy standing on a mountain slope at a hilltop village in the region north of Ad Dali' in Ad Dali' Governorate. In the distance behind him a...

Half length portrait of two Arab boys standing in the street in front of a stone wall in the city of Abha. Due to the nature of these images, prints...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling companions taking a rest north of Al Ain, near the Dhahir mountains, during the party's journey from Al Ain to Ramlat Unayq. In the foreground...

Full length portrait of two boys of the Nahad tribe standing against a wall in a village in the Al Qatan region, west of Shibam. They both wear loincloths and...

A gate of the fort at Najran.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were archived by...

Portrait of Hamad bin Saadna (known by Wilfred Thesiger as Hamad bin Hanna) at the encampment of Muhammad, a sheikh of the Rashid Bedouin, near Bir al Tawil in the...

View of livestock traders and buyers at an open air market in the city of Sabya. In the foreground traders stand with their goats in front of a circular house...

View of a desiccated bush growing out of a silt deposit in the Wadi Umm al Hayt. The silt deposit is the result of a flood in the Wadi Umm...

A man on a camel.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 Pitt...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party trekking with their camels in the Ghanim Sands during the party's journey from Mughshin Oasis to Khawr bin 'Atarit well. Due to the nature of...

Portrait of boy of the Yam tribe at the settlement of Badr. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that...

Standing full length portrait of a middle-aged man of the Sa'ar Bedouin in the Raydat as Say'ar. He is holding a rifle.Due to the nature of these images, prints will...

View of a ruined building in New Sabya (Sabya al Jadid).Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before...

Portrait of Wilfred Thesiger's Omani bodyguard and two Qara tribemen in Wadi Nihiz in the Jabal Qara mountains. On the right Wilfred Thesiger's bodyguard (third from the right), a retainer...

Full length portrait of a man standing with a camel in Al Ain oasis. On the far left a man stands amongst dry vegetation on a sand dune, holding the...

Portrait of a thoroughbred Omani camel at a well in the Al Khatam sands near Al Ain. A saddled thoroughbred Omani camel belonging to Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan...

View of a Bedouin man standing beside a palm at the Ad Dibin palm groves.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or...