Thesiger Collection

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...

View of one of the dhows (sailboats) on which Wilfred Thesiger sailed through the Abu Dhabi islands with Sheikh Hazaa bin Sultan Al Nahyan and his retainers. A dhow under...

View of people playing in Dubai Creek and a sailing dhow. In the left distance a dhow (sailboat) sails up Dubai Creek, past the one and two storey houses lining...

View of a man standing in front of a gate at Al Fahidi fort in the Bastakiya quarter of old Dubai. A man wearing a ghutra (headscarf) and a thobe...

Portrait of sailors on the deck of a dhow (sailboat) in Dubai Creek. On the left two men sit on a mat on the deck of a dhow. At the...

View of two dhows (sailboats) moored in Dubai Creek. Two small dhows, each equipped with four rowing oars, are moored in calm water at the side of Dubai Creek. In...

View of a street lined with market stalls in the city of Jeddah. In the background large multi-story buildings, with small wooden balconies, line the street.Due to the nature of...