Thesiger Collection

Portrait of a man at Najran.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were archived by the...

View of a valley near the city of Ad Dali'. In the distance a winding road cuts through the floor of a valley flanked by steep mountains. Due to the...

View of two members of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party on the crest of a sand dune in the Ramlat al Ghirbaniyat (Ghirbaniyat Sands). In the distance scattered dots of vegetation...

View of three members of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party riding camels during the party's journey from Ma' Shadid well to Shisr well. Due to the nature of these images, prints...

Portrait of a boy of the Mahra Bedouin in the Jabal Qara mountains.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that...

Portrait of a young man from the Bani Malik tribe in the upper Wadi Damad. He is drinking from a small cup. Two other men sitting behind him.Due to the...

Half length portrait of a teenaged Bedouin boy near the town of Ash Shihr. A number of men and children are visible in the background.Due to the nature of these...

View of the fort in the town of Qalat Bishah. The building is made from zabur (forced earth). A large grove of date palms grows behind the building on the...

View of the crest of a high sand dune in the region between Jaladah plain and the Bani Ma'arid sands in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali). Due to the...

Portrait of an Arab falconer, a retainer in Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting party, riding a camel with a falcon in the sands surrounding Al Ain. A falconer...

Portrait of men and boys from the 'Amara tribe standing in a crowd at the Suq ath Thulutha market. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any...

Portrait of a boy at Umm al Khashab. Behind him is a well, and a man and a boy with a donkey. The man is drawing water from the well.Due...

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

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party trekking across dunes in Al Humrah sands during their journey to Umm az Zumul. On the right a line of tracks runs from the foreground...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party trekking past dunes in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali) during the party's journey from Jaladah plain to Bani Ma'arid sands. Due to the...

View of dunes in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali) in the region between Jaladah plain and the Bani Ma'arid sands. Small amounts of scattered vegetation grow amongst the sand...

View of a tall multi-storey building in the Wadi Hadhramawt near Seiyun. The building has been decorated with ornamental lime plaster.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce...

Close-up portrait of the head of a Batina camel named Ghazala ('the gazelle'), a famous thoroughbred Batina camel owned by Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan and renowned for its...

Side view of a kotia, a large double masted dhow (sailboat) from India, moored at Bahrain Island. In the central distance a kotia sits in choppy water, its sails tied...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party camping beside ghaf [Prosopis cineraria] trees at Mughshin Oasis. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear...