Thesiger Collection

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party camping in the sands during the party's journey from Jabal Sumeini to the port city of Sharjah. Five men sit in the sand next to...

Wilfred Thesiger's party near the Ad Dibin palm groves.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were...

Portrait of two boys in the lower Wadi Damad region, east of Sabya. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage...

Portrait of a boy at Umm al Khashab. He is wearing a hat made from palm fronds.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age,...

Wilfred Thesiger's party hauling water from a well in the Wadi al 'Ayn. On the right Hamad [also known as Hamad al Mahri], a tribesman of the Mahra Bedouin, lifts...

Group portrait of a boy and two toddlers at a suq (market) in the city of Lawdar in Abyan Governorate. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce...

View of camels belonging to Wilfred Thesiger's party watering at a falaj (irrigation channel) at the southern end of Jabal Hafit, near Al Qabil. A line of camels are couched...

View of a group of Bedouin men in Wilfred Thesiger's party drawing water from Bir Thamud well.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age,...

Portrait of man of the Sa'ar Bedouin sitting at a camp in the region between Manwakh well and B'ir Tamis well. Due to the nature of these images, prints will...

Portrait of a boy of the Yam Bedouin, taken in the region between the towns of Dhahran and Najran. He has a curved dagger in his belt. He is eating...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party trekking across a plain between mountain ridges in the Al Ghamid tribal region, during their journey from Al Makhwah to Thurayban village.Due to the...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party trekking through Al Dhafra sands during their journey across the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali) from Dhibi well to Al Batin sands. Three of...

Group portrait of four Sahul Bedouin at the Ar Rumhiya wells near Ar Riyadh. In the foreground a man and three boys sit together in a line. Behind them a...

View of a salt flat and dunes in Al Batin sands in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali). In the foreground a large bush grows on the left in a...

Portrait of a group of 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 a sambuk, a small dhow (sailboat) beached on Shindagha beach in Dubai. The sambuk is beached in the sand with its bow pointing towards ocean at the left....

Full length profile portrait of a captive white oryx in Dubai. A white Arabian oryx [oryx leucoryx] with long straight horns and a black tail stands in the central courtyard...

View of an abra (ferry boat) crossing Dubai Creek. In the foreground a woman and child sit at the bow of a covered abra. Behind them, on the left, an...

Standing portrait of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, a tribesman of the Junuba Bedouin, at the southern end of Jabal Hafit (Jebel Hafeet), near Al Qabil. A middle-aged...

View of Sultan bin Ahmad, one of the leaders of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, at a ruined fort in the cliffs above Andhur spring. Sultan bin Ahmad, a sheikh of...