Thesiger Collection

View of a group of men standing with their camels outside Al Muwaiji Fort in Al Ain. Men preparing for a camel race move their camels into a straight line...

The harbour at Al Mukalla. Dhows on the water. The town can be seen in the background. Mountains rising behind.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any...

View of the Shindagha district from Dubai Creek. In the foreground a small boat and a large, heavily loaded dhow (sailboat) are beached in the sand. Behind the boats a...

Portrait of Salim bin Ghabaisha, a young tribesman of the Bayt Imani lineage of Rashid Bedouin, in the Jabal Qara mountains.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce...

View of an empty street lined with shops in the city of Jeddah. In the background a few people stand in front of one of the shops. Due to the...

Seated portrait of Salim bin Kabina, one of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling companions, riding a camel during the party's journey from Jabal Sumeini to the port city of Sharjah. Salim bin...

View of a group of people and sheep standing in the midst of a crowded street in Kuwait City. Single storey buildings line both sides of the street.Due to the...

View of three of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions at ruins in Al Muwaiji in Al Ain. In the foreground a large ruin stands at the left. In the right background...

View of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting party unloading camels in Al Khatam sands near Al Ain. In the foreground four men and a young boy (centre) unload...

Full length standing portrait of two Arab men in front of a rock wall in Dubai. On the left a young man wears a waistcoat and a khanjar (dagger) in...

View of locals walking in a narrow street lined with canopied shops in Kuwait City. In the foreground a group of women carrying baskets and other items on their heads...

Full length group portrait of Sheikh Mubarak bin Mohammed Al Nahyan standing with retainers of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan in Al Ain. Five men stand in a line...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party watering at a falaj (irrigation channel) at the southern end of Jabal Hafit, near Al Qabil. In the near distance a large number of men...

View of locals sitting alongside a dhow (sailboat) beached on the shore at Dubai Creek. In the left foreground three men walk along the shore beside beached dhows. Behind them...

View of dhows (sailboats) moored in Dubai Creek. In the foreground dhows are moored on either side of Dubai Creek. In the distance one and two storey buildings with wind...

Seated portrait of a tribesman of the Manasir Bedouin, a falconer in Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting party, in the Al Khatam sands near Al Ain. The man...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party making camp near Al Hubi village. On the left one of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin travelling companions stands beside a large tree. In the centre two...

View of an empty street lined with shops in the city of Jeddah. In the background a man walks down the road, past two and three storey stone buildings fronted...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling companions at a well near Sharjah city during the party's journey from Jabal Sumeini to Sharjah. Three men stand around the opening of a well....

Profile portrait of a camel, owned by Wilfred Thesiger in 1950, standing in the Ramlat ar Rabbad sands. The camel stands facing towards the left beside a bush growing on...