Thesiger Collection

View of desert landscape in the Al Khatam sands near Al Ain / Al Buraimi oasis. In the near distance a tuft of vegetation grows in the midst of an...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party trekking across a sand dune between oases in Liwa oasis. Four of Wilfred Thesiger's Rashid Bedouin companions lead their camels across a wide expanse...

Portrait of a man of the Yam Bedouin on a donkey at Najran.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that...

Portrait of two men of the Manahil Bedouin riding camels at Fughmah.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party during their journey through the Jol from Fughmah to Ghayl bin Yamayn.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age,...

Seated portrait of a Bedouin tribesman at Sheikh Zayid bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting camp in Al Khatam sands near Al Ain. A middle-aged man with a thick dark beard...

View of tribesmen at a suq (market) in the city of Lawdar in Abyan Governorate. In the foreground a few boys and men, two of whom carry rifles, stand in...

Half length standing portrait of a Baluchi porter, from Iran, in Dubai. A middle-aged man with a moustache and stubbly beard stands facing forward. He wears a dark waistcoat over...

View of round huts at a village in the lower Wadi Damad. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that...

Seated portrait of Mahalhal bin 'Ati, one of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin guides, in the Wadi al 'Ayn. Mahalhal bin 'Ati, a tribesman of the Al Khamis lineage of Awamir Bedouin,...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party trekking along Al 'Aradh in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali). In the background dunes rise in the distance.Due to the nature of these...

View of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's party riding along a flat beneath Jabal Buwaydah, a long low mountain below Jebel Kawr. In the foreground a member of Wilfred Thesiger's...

View of white patches of gypsum in the Ghanim Sands, in the region between Khasfah well in the Ramlat Khasfah and Matki well near Mughshin Oasis. Due to the nature...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party trekking in Liwa oasis. In the central foreground four of Wilfred Thesiger's Rashid Bedouin companions ride their camels across a patch of bare sand...

View of Seiyun surrounded by palm trees.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were archived by...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party trekking through Baynunah or Al Khatam sands during their return journey to Al Ain. In the foreground a line of footprints marks a curve...

View of members of Emir Said Bin Mushait's family standing in front of Khamis Mushait Castle. At the time of this photograph, the castle was the home of Emir Said...

Portrait of Salim bin Turkia and his son Musallim bin Anauf, members of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, sitting side by side at the party's camp during their journey from Yisub...

Group portrait of a three boys and a young man riding a donkey at Ad Darb well. In the central foreground a young man sits on a donkey loaded with...

Seated portrait of a tribesman of the Duru Bedouin in the Wadi al 'Ayn. A tribesman of the Duru Bedouin sits in the sand facing towards the right, his face...