Thesiger Collection

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...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party travelling in the region of Kidan plains (Suhul al Kidan) or Al Batin sands in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali). Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions...

Seated portrait of three Manasir Bedouin men at their encampment in the Baynunah sands. Two Manasir men and a teenaged boy sit in a row front of tall vegetation. Each...

Seated profile portrait of Alaiwa bin Lutaiya, a guide in Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, taken during the party's journey from Ramlat al Ghirbaniyat to Furai well. Alaiwa bin Lutaiya, a...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party taking a rest in the Al Batin sands during their journey across the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali) from Al Dhafra sands to Liwa...

Portrait of a boy of the Mahra Bedouin in the Wadi al Jiz' near its junction with Wadi Mahrat.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party resting in camp in Al Humrah sands during their journey to Umm az Zumul. In the foreground footsteps and camel tracks criss-cross the wind-rippled...

View of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party crossing a dune in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali) during the party's journey from Jaladah plain to Bani Ma'arid sands....

View of several men sitting in front of a tent, with one man tending a pot cooking over a fire.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any...

Portrait of a boy, the son of Huaishil, a sheikh of the Duru tribe.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage...

Portrait of a boy, the son of Huaishil, a sheikh of the Duru tribe.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage...

Portrait of a Duru boy, sitting on the ground.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were...

Portrait of a man (named Hamaid al Mahri), one of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's retainers, wearing a dagger in a scabbard across his waist.Due to the nature of...

Portrait of a man (named Huaishil), a sheikh of the Duru tribe, who accompanied Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of...

Portrait of a man, one of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party and a retainer of Sulaiman bin Hamyiar, wearing a dagger in a scabbard across his waist.Due to the nature of...

Portrait of Sheikh Ali bin Said bin Rashid of the Yahahif tribe, kneeling on the ground.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear...

Portrait of a Duru man.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...

Portrait of a Duru boy.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...

Portrait of Salim bin Ghabaisha, one of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling companions.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before...

Rashid boy milking a camel.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...