Thesiger Collection

The market at Abha with buildings in the background. In the foreground two men leading two camels.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age,...

Seated group portrait of members of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party with tribesmen of the Wahiba Bedouin in the Wadi Halfayn. Four men sit in the sand facing forward. On the...

View of the city of Abha. Barren gravel stretches across a vast flat to the city of Abha, which sits below a hill in the far distance.Due to the nature...

Standing full length portrait of an Arab man, one of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's falconers, holding a peregrine falcon (shahin) in the sands near Al Ain. A falconer...

The market at Abha with buildings in the background.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were...

Portrait of two members of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hawking party riding camels in Al Khatam sands near Al Ain. Two Arab men sit side by side in...

Standing portrait of two falconers in Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting party, with their falcon and its quarry, in the sands surrounding Al Ain. On the left an...

View of an Arab man with two donkeys and locals resting in a street in the city of Abha. Buildings line either side of the street. The buildings on the...

View of Al Khandaq Fort in Buraimi. In the right foreground a man in a light-coloured thobe (long shirt) stands in an expanse of rocky sand dotted with grass and...

Distant view of a boom, a large double masted dhow (sailboat) built in Kuwait, in the Persian Gulf near Bahrain. A single sail files from the main mast as the...

In the suq at Al Hufuf in the country of the Al Hasa. Shops on both sides and people sitting in front of them.Due to the nature of these images,...

Portrait of a man (named Muhammad bin al Jabari), one of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or...

Portrait of Thesiger in Oman, wearing Arab dress.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were archived...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party in the Dhafara sands in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali).Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age,...

Portrait of Salim bin Ghabaisha, one of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling companions.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before...

Portrait of Salim bin Ghabaisha, one of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling companions, sitting on the ground.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or...

Thesiger's party digging out a well in the Batin to water their camels.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that...

Portrait of sheikhs at Abu Dhabi. In the centre is Shakhbut bin Sultan, the ruler of Abu Dhabi.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of...

People in front of the fort at Buraymi.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were archived...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party in the desert of the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali).Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear...