Thesiger Collection

View of the city of Abha. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were archived by...

View of adobe and slate buildings in the city of Abha. In the near distance sits a cluster of one and two storey buildings built from adobe bricks topped with...

View of a cluster of joined buildings near Baiman in the region between the city of Abha and the village of 'Ar'arah. A group of joined buildings sits in the...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party resting in sand dunes during their journey from the Ramlat Unayq, north of Al Ain/Buraimi oasis, to Jabal Sumeini. On the left a member...

Portrait of an Arab youth and a boy standing in an open area in front of a stone wall in the city of Abha. Both the boy and the youth...

Half length portrait of tribesman of the Manasir Bedouin in Al Khatam sands near Al Ain. A young man with chin-length curly hair and a thick beard stands looking into...

View of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting party in Al Khatam sands near Jebel Hafeet (Jabal Hafit). In the left foreground a peregrine falcon stands in soft sand....

Portrait of three men sitting inside a house in Bal Qarn tribal territory in the region between Jabal Harfa and the Wadi Shaybanah. A hearth with a row of coffee...

View of a group of men with sheep at Suq al Sabt market below Jabal Mana'.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear...

Profile portrait of one of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling companions riding a camel in the vicinity of the Ramlat Unayq, near the Dhahir mountains north of Al Ain. The party is...

View of two boats in water off the Corniche in the town of Abu Dhabi. In the foreground three men fly flags at the bow, stern, and centre of a...

View of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party trekking across the crest of a dune in Al Batin sands during their journey across the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali)...

View of the city of Abha. Fields separated by rock walls stretch from the foreground to the near distance. On the far side of the fields adobe and stone buildings...

Portrait of a saker (hurr) falcon belonging to Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting party in the sands surrounding Al Ain. The falcon perches on a wakir (block), its...

View of a young man walking through a market (suq) in Manama on Bahrain Island. In the foreground a young man stands in a patch of sunlight in front of...

View from the guest house at Abha over other buildings towards the pass to the Tihamah.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear...

View of a line of abra (ferry boats) sitting along the shore of Dubai Creek. Oarsmen wait beside a line of abra at a ferry launch on Dubai Creek. Each...

Portrait of a peregrine falcon (shahin) with its prey, a MacQueen's Bustard (houbara), in the sands surrounding Al Ain. A peregrine falcon, belonging to Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's...

Seated portrait of Sheikh Saqr bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, then ruler of Ras Al Khaimah, at his fort in the town of Ras Al Khaimah. In the foreground Sheikh Saqr...

Portrait of children riding a donkey cart on the shore in Manama on Bahrain Island. In the foreground two children sit at the front of a two-wheeled cart behind pulled...