Thesiger Collection

Portrait of a man of the Sa'ar Bedouin sitting in front of a cave in the Raydat as Say'ar. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any...

View of a creek at the bottom of a wadi in the Hejaz foothills of the upper Wadi Hali. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any...

View of Al 'Abis village in Qahtan tribal territory on the Hejaz plateau, with cultivated fields in the foreground, and a village in the distance. Some of the buildings are...

Wilfred Thesiger's party camping in the Jiddat al Harasis during the party's journey from Boi well to Yisub well. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any...

Portrait of a boy of the Bani Malik tribe sitting on a donkey.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that...

Seated portrait of an Arab falconer, a member of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting party, holding a peregrine falcon in Al Khatam sands near Jebel Hafeet (Jabal Hafit)....

View of deciduous trees growing in a valley in Wadi Jarsis in the Jabal Qara mountains. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age,...

Mountain landscape at Harub village with a riverbed and trees in the foreground.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that...

Portrait of two young men in the Wadi Hali near the village of Baydayn. One of them is holding a long dagger.Due to the nature of these images, prints will...

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...

View of terraced fields in the Wadi Tayyah near Makha'il village.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before...

Palm groves at Min'ar in the Wadi Kidyut. A caravan of camels walking from the foreground into the background.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs...

View of old Sabya from the Emir's palace. An empty courtyard sits in the foreground, surrounded by high stone walls. Behind the courtyard domed circular huts with straw roofs fill...

View of Bedouin at Bir Thamud well near the town of Thamud. In the foreground a woman stands with a group of Bedouin (some of whom are members of Wilfred...

View of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party sitting on a camel during the party's journey from Khawr bin 'Atarit well in the Ghanim Sands to the Ramlat al...

View of a Bedouin woman standing outside a tent in Al Muwaiji near Al Muwaiji Fort in Al Ain oasis. In the foreground a Bedouin woman (likely from the Awamir...

Standing portrait of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, a tribesman of the Junuba Bedouin, at the southern end of Jabal Hafit (Jebel Hafeet), near Al Qabil. A middle-aged...

View of a hut in the village of Manjamah in the Wadi Hali. The hut is made from palms and has a round domed roof and entrances reinforced with adobe....

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party crossing dunes in Al Batin sands during their journey across the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali) from Al Dhafra sands to Liwa oasis. The...

Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party loading up camels on a gravel wadi bed in the Wadi Animrit.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear...