Thesiger Collection

View of a man standing in front of a cluster of buildings in the Raydat as Say'ar region, north of the Wadi Hadhramawt. The buildings have flat roofs and low...

Distant view of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party trekking through Al Batin sands during their journey across the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali) from Al Dhafra sands to Liwa oasis. Members...

View of booms, large double masted dhows (sailboats) built in Kuwait, moored in the Persian Gulf at Bahrain Island. In the foreground a boom with two mast is moored in...

View of sailors on the deck of a dhow (sailboat) travelling through the Persian Gulf from Dubai to Bahrain Island. On the left a group of men stand alongside a...

Full length standing portrait of Ahmed, Captain Haji Mansur's mate, on a dhow (sailboat) in the Persian Gulf near Bahrain. Ahmed stands on a platform at the bow of the...

Seated portrait of one of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's Bedouin retainers. The man wears a headscarf (ghutra) and a thobe (long shirt). He holds a rifle and a...

Full length portrait of two Bedouin boys at the city of Al Mukalla. Behind them a camel caravan rests in the sand.Due to the nature of these images, prints will...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party trekking through Al Dhafra sands during their journey across the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali) from Dhibi well to Al Batin sands. Two of...

View of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party standing on a threshing floor at the edge of a mountain in the Bani Malik Mountains. Other mountains sit in the...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party travelling in Al Khatam or Al Humrah sands south of Al Ain. In the foreground a depression lies between two low dunes dotted with a...

Full length portrait of a young man and a middle-aged man standing in front of a stone wall in the village of Thurayban. The young man on the left is...

Portrait of two teenaged boys of the Mahra Bedouin in the Wadi Shalhamit.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that...

Portrait of a young Arab boy sitting with his feet in an irrigation channel in the town of Al Hofuf in Al Hasa Oasis.Due to the nature of these images,...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party travelling in the Al Khatam sands south of Al Ain, on their journey towards Al Humrah sands. In the near distance five of Wilfred Thesiger's...

Buildings at Seiyun. A small white domed building with a palm tree next to it. A higher square building in the background.Due to the nature of these images, prints will...

Seated portrait of Musallim bin Al Kamam and Salim bin Kabina at the southern end of Jabal Hafit (Jebel Hafeet), near Al Qabil. Musallim bin Al Kamam, a sheikh of...

Portrait of a boy of the Mahra Bedouin at Habarut [Habrut] wells.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred...

Close up portrait of a middle-aged Arab man, a retainer in Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting party, in the sands near Al Ain. The man faces forward, looking...

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...