Thesiger Collection

View of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin travelling party resting in a rocky wadi bed below Ayun spring, during the party's journey from Ayun to Mudayy.Due to the nature of these images,...

View of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's party standing beside a pair of couched camels in the foothills west of Batha' Badiyah.Due to the nature of these images, prints will...

Portrait of Musallim bin Tafl, a tribesman of the Bayt Kathir Bedouin and one of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling companions, standing next to a cluster of saf palms [Nannorhops arabica]. This...

Group portrait of Arab men and boys standing beside a wall at the open air market in the town of Qalat Bishah. Due to the nature of these images, prints...

Standing full length portrait of two boys at Al Ma'ala harbour in the city of Aden. Behind them a beached dhow (sailboat) lies in shallow water.Due to the nature of...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party in the desert north of Shisr well. Men sit on their camels, which are grazing on a large mareh bush.Due to the nature of...

Standing full length portrait of a man and a thoroughbred camel on an Abu Dhabi island. A man wearing a headscarf, thobe (ankle-length shirt) and a suit jacket stands to...

Portrait of a teenaged boy of the Bani Malik tribe in the Bani Malik Mountains. He is wearing a garland of sweet herbs in his hair and carries a water...

Wilfred Thesiger's party at a settlement at Fughmah.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were archived...

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,...

Portrait of a boy of the Bayt Kathir Bedouin at Ma' Shadid well in Dhofar.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or...

View of tall buildings clustered behind the city walls in Shibam.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party crossing high sand dunes in the region of the 'Uruq ash Shaybah in the Rub' al Khali (Empty Quarter). The 'Uruq ash Shaybah dunes are...

View of one of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali) in the region between Khaur Sabkha well and Khaba well. A man stands in a...

View of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party at a Bani Yas palm grove and settlement near Radum in Liwa oasis. In the foreground one of Wilfred Thesiger's Rashid...

The market at Abha with buildings in the background.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were...

Portrait of three members of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party sitting with water skins at Ma' Shadid well in Dhofar. Salim bin Tamtaim, sheikh of the Bayt Ghuwas lineage of Bayt...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party at a well in Wadi Musallim. In the foreground Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions are unloading their camels. Behind them a line of tree grows...

Portrait of a boy of the Bayt Kathir Bedouin in Dhofar.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party trekking across a flat plain parallel to the Wadi Umm al Hayt.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of...