Thesiger Collection

Portrait of two young men belonging to a Manahil Bedouin raiding party that Wilfred Thesiger met at Huliyah well. The man on the left is leaning on his rifle. Due...

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

Standing half length portrait of a young man of the Duru Bedouin, likely a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, at a well in the plains below Hamrat ad Duru,...

View of Musallim bin Al Kamam standing beside a long wall in Al Muwaiji near Al Muwaiji Fort in Al Ain. Musallim bin Al Kamam, a sheikh of the Musaifar...

Portrait of three boys of the Humum Bedouin at Ghayl bin Yamayn.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred...

Half length portrait of an Arab boy standing in front of a wall at the open air market in the town of Qalat Bishah. Due to the nature of these...

View of two members of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party at a salt flat in Al Batin sands. Musallim bin Al Kamam, a sheikh of the Musaifar lineage of Rashid Bedouin,...

View of the city of Shibam in the Wadi Hadhramawt. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before...

View of a man and a boy threshing wheat with a pair of yoked cows. In the background sits the city of Abha. Due to the nature of these images,...

View of a large sand dune in the Ramlat ar Rabbad sands. In the near distance a Bedouin man, a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, rests at the bottom...

Seated portrait of a tribesman of the Rashid Bedouin at Muhammad's encampment near Bir al Tawil in the Ramlat ar Rabbad. Wilfred Thesiger and his men stayed with Muhammad, a...

View of a large stone building in the city of Ad Dali'. Ornamental stonework decorates the face of a tall stone building in the foreground. The building is two or...

View of livestock traders at a suq (market) in the city of Ad Dali'. In the central foreground two men carrying rifles stand with their cattle in the midst of...

Half length portrait of Musallim bin Al Kamam, a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, taken at or near Al Maghar well. Musallim bin Al Kamam is a sheikh of...

Portrait of Salim bin Kabina, a tribesman of the Bayt Imani lineage of Rashid Bedouin and one of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling companions, kneeling in the sand in Wadi Halfayn. Salim...

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 graveyard in the city of Seiyun. In the distance buildings crowd around the foot of a high rock promontory. In the left background the Sultan Al Kathiri...

View of traders at a suq (market) in the city of Ad Dali'. In the foreground customers mill amongst traders sitting on the ground with large bags of merchandise. In...

View of a herd of cattle standing in front of Shehara cattle camp on the Jarbayb Plain. The camp is made up of small domed huts that appear to blend...

View of Bedouin men hauling water from the well of Ma' Shadid in the Wadi Ghudun. A number of Bedouin men gather around Ma' Shadid well. At the centre one...