Thesiger Collection

View from the northern slopes of the Jabal Qara mountains out towards the Rub' al Khali (Empty Quarter). Barren slopes and dry wadis (riverbeds) stretch from the near distance to...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party resting with their camels in the region between the settlement of Badr and the town of Khamis Mushait. Trees on the right and in...

View of a large building at Seiyun. It has several storeys and decorative railings and spires along the roof. A wall with a gateway is in front of it.Due to...

Stern view of dhows moored along the shore of Bahrain Island. In the foreground a rowboat sits in wind-rippled water in front of a group of dhows. The large boat...

View of the Shindagha district from the Bur Dubai side of Dubai Creek. In the right foreground the stern of a small boat is beached in the sand. In the...

Portrait of a herds boy of the Bayt Kathir Bedouin at the Habarut wells.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage...

A river at Fughmah with a mountain in the background.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they...

View of two young boys playing in a sunken boat in the harbour in Kuwait City. On the right a man stands in front of the prow of a large...

View of stone buildings in the city of Ad Dali'. In the right foreground people and donkeys walk along a road past large stone houses sitting on the left. The...

Portrait of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party watering camels at a well at the southern end of Jabal Hafit (Jebel Hafeet).Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any...

Close up portrait of Salim bin Kabina, a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, in Al Humrah sands during the party's journey to Umm az Zumul. Salim bin Kabina, a...

Portrait of Muhammad al Auf, a tribesman of the Bayt Mbarik lineage of Rashid Bedouin, sitting amongst flowering tribulus plants in the 'Uruq ash Shaybah.Due to the nature of these...

View of large sand dunes in the region between Jaladah plain and the Bani Ma'arid sands in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali). Due to the nature of these images,...

Standing full length portrait of Wilfred Thesiger and Musallim bin Al Kamam on a rooftop terrace in Dubai. Wilfred Thesiger (left) and Musallim bin Al Kamam (right), a sheikh of...

A palm grove at Ghayl bin Yamayn.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were archived by...

Seated half length portrait of Salim bin Kabina, one of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling companions, at Al Muwaiji near Al Muwaiji Fort in Al Ain. Salim bin Kabina, a tribesman of...

View of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting party unloading camels in Al Khatam sands near Al Ain. Four men and a young boy (centre left) unload couched camels...

Half length portrait of a man with chest scars in the city of Lawdar in Abyan Governorate. In the background an older man and a boy stand nearby in the...

A camel at Mughshin Oasis with its forelegs bound together. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before...

View out across a plain dotted with trees. In the far distance the Habus village of Qabil al Bu Said village sits at the foot of a low ridge of...