Thesiger Collection

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...

View of a sheesha cafe and a potter's stall in Kuwait City. In the foreground a few women walk on the road. One of the women has stopped at a...

View of a man standing in front of houses in the city of Dubai. A man wearing a ghutra (headscarf) and a dark waistcoat over his thobe (long shirts) stands...

View of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party walking across a rocky plain during their journey from the Ramlat Unayq, north of Al Ain/Buraimi oasis, to Jabal Sumeini. In...

View of locals walking along a road on the Corniche by Sharjah Creek. In the foreground a boy, three men, and a girl at the far right walk along the...

Tracks of a pelican in the Uruq al Awarik sands.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they...

Standing portrait of a Rashid Bedouin man, a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, on a dune overlooking a salt flat in Liwa oasis. Footprints in the sand lead towards...

View of a crowd of shoppers and traders from the 'Amara tribe at the Suq ath Thulutha market.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of...

View of the bow of a beached sambuk (sailboat) under repair beached at Al Ma'ala harbour in the city of Aden. A man stands on an oil drum in front...

View of the Shindagha district from the Bur Dubai side of Dubai Creek. In the foreground 'arish huts and enclosures made from palm fronds line Dubai Creek. Two large dhows...

View of a city square in the city of Jeddah. A few people walk through the square, which is framed by two storey buildings and a line of single storey...

Portrait of a boy at in the town of Dhahran in Qahtan tribal territory. The boy wearing a curved Omani dagger.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce...

View of water sellers unloading imported water from a dhow (sailboat) at the harbour in Kuwait City. In the foreground men stand in the tide beside a dhow, loading filled...

View of the Sultan's Palace in the city of Shibam in Wadi Hadhramawt. In the foreground palm trees grow along the city walls. The Sultan's Palace sits in the distance...

Portrait of four merchants standing at their stall on a street in Dubai. Two men and two boys stand amongst piles of furniture in a stall tucked in an alcove...