Thesiger Collection

View of Sheikh Saqr bin Mohammed Al Qasimi's fort in the town of Ras Al Khaimah. In the left foreground cooking pots sit on a ledge in one corner of...

View of dhows (sailboats) on Dubai Creek. On the left a man stands in shallow water alongside four dhows are moored together close to shore. Another group of men stands...

Half length portrait of a young boy from the Humaydah tribe at a well in the region between Suq ath Thulutha and Wadi Hali.Due to the nature of these images,...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's sailing companions sitting on the deck of a sailboat (dhow) in the Abu Dhabi islands. A large group of men and boys sits on the stern...

View of a covered suq (market) in the city of Dubai. Locals walk through a covered market. Merchants sit at stalls housed in 'arish huts along the left side of...

View of a beached sambuk (sailboat) under repair at Al Ma'ala harbour in the city of Aden. Two men are working on the bow of the sambuk, which is propped...

View of an abandoned building at Sabya al Jadid, the old Idrisi capital. The square building is one storey tall, and its facade is covered with carved ornamental plaster work....

View of sailors on a dhow (sailboat) in the Persian Gulf near Dubai. In the foreground a folded sail rests on the deck of the dhow. Behind it two sailors...

Upper body group portrait of three bearded Bedouin men outside Al Muwaiji fort in Al Ain. Each of the three men wears a thobe (long shirt) and a headscarf (ghutra)...

View of locals strolling through a suq (market) in the city of Dubai. Many people walk along an aisle inside a covered market. Rays of sunlight pierce through a high...

View of an Arab man walking past a row of shops in a market in Kuwait City. The market stalls are set into a building and have large wooden doors....

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 longish curly...

Portrait of a well dressed young man in the region between Jabal Baydan mountain and the city of At Taif. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce...

View of five of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions standing in a plain in the Al Ain/Buraimi oasis. At the centre two men stand point rifles at each other, watched by...

View of an abandoned building at Sabya al Jadid, the old Idrisi capital. The square building is one storey tall, and its facade is covered with carved ornamental plaster work....

View of locals strolling through a suq (market) in the city of Sharjah. In the foreground a boy in a collared shirt and a wraparound skit stands in the centre...

View of a dhow (sailboat) and a rowboat moored in Dubai Creek at sunset. In the foreground sailors pull a rowboat alongside a moored dhow. In the left background a...

View of a man carrying a heavy load through a street in the city of Shibam. Tall mud buildings line both sides of the street. Due to the nature of...

View of two small boats moored in Dubai Creek. A rowboat and a small dhow (sailboat) are moored in Dubai Creek alongside some 'arish and coral buildings. A shade canopy...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party heading towards palm groves in Liwa oasis. Salim bin Ghabiasha, a tribesman of the Bayt Imani lineage of Rashid Bedouin, stands in the right...