Thesiger Collection

Standing full length portrait of Wilfred Thesiger and his camel taken during his party's journey from the As Saruq sands to Abu Dhabi. Wilfred Thesiger stands in a large expanse...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party camping in the Wadi Halfayn.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before...

Half length portrait of two boys of the Nahad tribe standing against a wall in a village in the Al Qatan region, west of Shibam. The boy on the right...

View of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party trekking across dunes in Al Khatam or Al Humrah sands south of Al Ain. On the far left a Bedouin man...

A palm grove at Ghayl bin Yamayn.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 a camel standing in front of a circular hut with a high pointed roof in Ash Shuqaiq village. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party at a shallow creek in the Wadi Tayyah, near 'Aqabat ash Sha'ar pass. The men stand beside their heavily loaded camels at the edge...

Landscape at the village of Baydayn in the Wadi Hali. A row of Sidr trees in centre of the picture.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any...

Portrait of a Mahra Bedouin boy in the region between Sarif wells and Al Muqarqar.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or...

Portrait of a boy wearing a broad-brimmed straw hat in the Wadi Yiba. This boy is from the Tihamat al Asir region, a southern coastal region on the Red Sea.Due...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party at the Sanaw well. In the foreground sits a vast barren plain. In the distance Bedouin men in Wilfred Thesiger's party stand with a group...

Standing full length portrait of a teenaged boy in the region north of the town of Ad Dali' in Ad Dali' Governorate. The boy is standing on rocky ground and...

Seated profile portrait of Salim bin Kabina, one of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling companions, in the region surrounding Al Ain / Buraimi Oasis. Salim bin Kabina, a tribesman of the Bayt...

Seated portrait of a young man, one of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's Bedouin retainers in Al Ain. The man sits on a geometrically patterned woven carpet in the...

Group portrait of a three men standing in a crowd of men at the Suq ath Thulutha market. They are likely from the local 'Amara tribe.Due to the nature of...

Mahra Bedouin watering camels at a well at Habarut [Habrut] wells.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before...

Portrait of a young man from the village of Umm al Khashab.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred...

Portrait of a boy in the city of Lawdar in Abyan Governorate. On the left a boy in a wraparound skirt stands looking forward. A young boy stands nearby on...

Portrait of a man from the Bin Maaruf lineage of Sa'ar Bedouin riding a camel at Manwakh well.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party resting at a well in the Ghanim Sands, during the party's journey from Khasfah well to Matki well.Due to the nature of these images, prints...