Thesiger Collection

View overlooking a broad section of the Wadi 'Aydim. The near rock wall of the wadi is visible in the right foreground. Due to the nature of these images, prints...

View of the coastline of the city of Al Mukalla. In the foreground a boat sits on the beach, while just beyond a few boats sit on the water. In...

Portrait of a man holding a stick standing in a crowd of people at the Suq al Khamis [Thursday market] in the town of Najran.Due to the nature of these...

Seated profile portrait of Salim bin Ghabaisha, one of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling companions, riding a camel during the party's journey from Jabal Sumeini to the port city of Sharjah. Salim...

Portrait of a group of Yam children taken by Wilfred Thesiger during his journey from the town of Najran to the town of Badr. On the right camels graze in...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin travelling party taking a rest on sandy ground in a wadi north of the town of Al-Saum.Due to the nature of these images, prints will...

Close up portrait of a curly haired boy of the Mahamid lineage of Duru Bedouin, taken in the region west of the Hamrat ad Duru. The boy is the son...

View of an abandoned building at Sabya al Jadid, the old Idrisi capital. The square building is one storey tall, and its facade is covered with carved ornamental plaster work....

View of a sand dune and a date palm grove in Liwa oasis. A sand dune lies in the foreground, dotted with vegetation. In the salt flat (sabkha) beyond a...

View of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party riding in desert sands during the party's journey from the Wadi al 'Ayn to the Ramlat al Ghirbaniyat (Ghirbaniyat Sands). In...

A camel at Mughshin Oasis with its forelegs bound together. Other camels are couched to the sides.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age,...

Standing full length portrait of a tribesman in Wadi Jarsis in the Jabal Qara mountains. A tribesman from one of the Al Kathir Bedouin tribes stands in a patch of...

Half length seated portrait of a tribesman of the Wahiba Bedouin, one of Wilfred Thesiger's guides, in the Wadi Halfayn. The man has a thick dark beard and wears a...

Portrait of a young man of the 'Ifaar Bedouin at the Habarut wells.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that...

Seated profile portrait of Muhammad, a sheikh of the Rashid Bedouin, in his encampment in the Ramlat ar Rabbad sands near Bir al Tawil. Muhammad, an elderly man with a...

View of scattered vegetation growing amongst sand dunes in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali) in the region between Jaladah plain and the Bani Ma'arid sands.Due to the nature of...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party resting under ghaf trees north of Al Ain oasis. Three of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling companions rest with a camel in the shade of two tall...

View of an Utaybah Bedouin family with their sheep at Al Qaiyah well. In the background a herd of camels stands on the dry flat plain. Due to the nature...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party travelling from the Khawr bin 'Atarit well in the Ghanim Sands to the Ramlat al Ghafah.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce...

Portrait of two women helping with the grain harvest in the city of Tarim. They are wearing high conical hats. In the background a few palm trees grow in a...