Thesiger Collection

Portrait of Muhammad al Auf, a tribesman of the Bayt Mbarik lineage of Rashid Bedouin and a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, riding a camel through the Jiddat al...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party trekking through a valley in the mountainous region between Wadi Shaybanah and the town of Ad Dhafir. The men are walking alongside their donkeys....

View of a tower house made from rammed earth near the town of Badr. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or...

Close up profile portrait of a thoroughbred (female) Wahiba camel, taken near Al Qabil, at the southern end of the mountain Jabal Hafit (Jebel Hafeet). The camel faces towards the...

Portrait of an Arab boy sitting on a beached boat in the harbour in Kuwait city. In the background cargo containers rest in the sand alongside beached dhows (sailboats).Due to...

Half length portrait of a teenaged Arab boy on the beach in Kuwait City. In the background dhows (sailboats) and other small craft are beached in the sand. Due to...

Three-quarter length standing portrait of an Arab boy in Dubai. A teenaged boy with short hair stands on a Dubai street in front of a stucco wall. He wears a...

View of an Arab man standing on the beach at the harbour in Kuwait City. In the background large dhows (sailboats) rest on the beach.Due to the nature of these...

Landscape near Abha. A field on the left and a barren plain on the right. Trees and a tower in the background.Due to the nature of these images, prints will...

Portrait of a boy of the Mahra Bedouin in the region between Dahal well and Qabr Hud well.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of...

The fort at Najran.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were archived by the Pitt Rivers...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party packing up in the Baynunah or Al Khatam sands during their return journey to Al Ain. On the left a man holding a camel...

View of people at a suq (market) in the city of Lawdar in Abyan Governorate. In the foreground traders sit on the ground beside a group of couched camels. A...

Portrait of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party gathering water from a well at the southern end of Jabal Hafit (Jebel Hafeet). In the foreground four men stand around the well. Hamad...

View of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party standing beside a crumbling stone wall during the party's journey from the village of 'Ar'arah to Jabal Mana'. On the left...

View of a camel caravan arriving at the open air market in the town of Qalat Bishah. In the foreground two Arab men stand amongst a large herd of couched...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party in the Wadi Jarsis in the Jabal Qara mountains. In the near distance Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin guides watch while their camels graze on vegetation at...

View of the city of Shibam in the Wadi Hadhramawt. The large building decorated with thick horizontal stripes of plaster is the Sultan's Palace. Due to the nature of these...

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 huts in Ash Shuqaiq village. In the foreground a group of young boys stand in front of a group of two circular huts with high pointed roofs. The...