Thesiger Collection

Portrait of a boy of the Humum Bedouin.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were archived...

Portrait of a young man of the Qahtan Bedouin in the region between Jabal Dhahran and the town of Dhahran, near the Yemen Border [image is partially obscured].Due to the...

View of trees and crops growing in a field near the city of Abha.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage...

Portrait of a elderly tribesman of the Wahiba Bedouin at Wilfred Thesiger's camp in Wadi Hawshi. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age,...

Portrait of Muhammad al Auf, a tribesman of the Bayt Mbarik lineage of Rashid Bedouin and one of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions, standing with a camel in the Al Batin...

View of Sa'ar Bedouin watering at Manwakh well. In the foreground a woman stands beside a hawd, a wood and leather trough, pouring water into a water skin. Behind her...

View of rope sellers at an open air market in the city of Sabya. In the left foreground a man and a boy stand beside coils of rope stacked in...

Portrait of a boy of the Khawlan Bedouin at Suq 'Ayban market under Jabal Fayfa.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party resting on a dune in the Ramlat as Sahmah. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party riding through the Wadi Sayfam near Jebel Kawr. In the near distance a large party of riders travels across a gravel plain towards low...

View of firewood traders and buyers at an open air market in the city of Sabya. In the right foreground amounts of firewood are stacked in piles on the ground....

View of sandy excavations in the city of Tarim. In the distance palm trees grow along the bottom of the mountain slopes that surround Tarim. In the far distance a...

Close up profile portrait of a thoroughbred Omani camel belonging to Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan in the Al Khatam sands near Al Ain. The camel has thin short...

View of sailors on a dhow (sailboat) travelling through the Persian Gulf from Dubai to Bahrain Island. On the right three men stand at the side of the ship. Two...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party trekking through the region of the Wadi al 'Ayn. Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions walk in a line, leading their camels around a low sand...

Portrait of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party riding a camel in the Jiddat al Harasis, during the party's journey from Boi well to Yisub well. Due to the...

Portrait of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party resting in the Ramlat al Ghirbaniyat (Ghirbaniyat Sands). In the foreground a Bedouin man stands with two camels that are couched...

Portrait of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party riding a camel in the Sharqiyah Sands.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear...

View of a group of boys being paraded around Baydayn village by a crowd of supporters prior to the boys' circumcision.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce...

View of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party standing on a dune in Al Batin sands during their journey across the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali) from Al Dhafra...