Thesiger Collection

Portrait of a tribesman of the Sahul Bedouin standing with his camels at one of the Rumah wells. In the foreground the man stands alongside a taunt rope, holding his...

View of Ash Shuqaiq village. In the near distance people walk across a sand flat. Further beyond large huts with high domed roofs sit close together in a large village.Due...

Wilfred Thesiger's party at the Khawr bin 'Atarit well, north of Mughshin in the Ghanim Sands. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age,...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party riding towards ghaf [Prosopis cineraria] trees at Mughshin Oasis. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear...

Seated profile portrait of Musallim bin Al Kamam, a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, resting in the Al Dhafra sands during the party's journey to Baynunah. On the left...

View of small scattered vegetation growing in front of a dune in the Ramlat as Sahmah. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age,...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party resting on a flat plain east of the Wadi Katabit/Wadi Andhur junction. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs...

Portrait of a boy from the Bani Malik tribe in the upper Wadi Damad. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or...

View of a woman sitting on a platform at the harbour in Kuwait City. On the right large ocean-going dhows (sailboats) are beached on the shore.Due to the nature of...

Half length portrait of a man in the city of Lawdar in Abyan Governorate. In the right background another man stands nearby in the street. Due to the nature of...

View of a group of farmers using teams of donkeys to thresh hay on a farm outside the city of Tarim. The donkeys are being driven over the hay, which...

View of ghaf [Prosopis cineraria] trees growing in sands at the western end of the Wadi Mughshin. A low rolling sand dune sits in the foreground. In the left background...

Portrait of Salim bin Kabina, one of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions, standing in Al Khatam or Al Humrah sands south of Al Ain. Salim bin Kabina, a tribesman of the...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party at a palm grove in Liwa oasis. Salim bin Ghabaisha, a tribesman of the Bayt Imani lineage of Rashid Bedouin, stands in the centre...

View of tower houses in the town of Badr. The buildings are multi-storeyed and made from rammed earth. They have small windows.Due to the nature of these images, prints will...

Portrait of a boy at the village of Ash Shuqaiq.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party stopping to allow the camels to graze in the Sharqiyah Sands. A few ghaf [Prosopis cineraria] trees grow in the sand.Due to the nature of...

Portrait of a tribesman of the Wahiba Bedouin at a well in the Wadi 'Andam. On the left a tribesman of the Wahiba Bedouin, wearing a white wraparound skirt, stands...

Portrait of a teenaged boy of the Mahra Bedouin in the region between Wadi Khawat and Wadi Shu'ayt.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of...

Half length portrait of Muhammad bin Al Jabari, a guide in Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, taken during the party's journey from Ramlat al Ghirbaniyat to Furai well. Muhammad bin Al...