Thesiger Collection

Portrait of a young man of the Qara tribe sitting on sand in the Wadi Darbat.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear...

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...

Wilfred Thesiger's party filling water-skins at a well in the Wadi 'Andam, west of Qabil al Bu Said village. Salim bin Kabina, a tribesman of the Bayt Imani lineage of...

Portrait of Hamad bin Saadna and two Rashid tribesmen sitting beside a cooking fire at the encampment of Muhammad, a sheikh of the Rashid Bedouin, near Bir al Tawil in...

Portrait of two members of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, both tribesmen of the Rashid Bedouin, riding camels during the party's journey from Wadi Qinab to Huliyah well.Due to the nature...

Seated portrait of an older Bedouin tribesman in the Ramlat ar Rabbad sands. An older Bedouin man with a grey beard sits leaning forward, his arms resting on his legs....

Standing full length portrait of a teenaged boy in the plains below the Jabal Qara mountains, near Salalah. A teenaged boy from one of the Qara tribes stands in patch...

Group portrait of a crowd of young Arab men and boys in the town of Ash Shuqaiq. In the background a group of people water at a well with their...

View of a ruined building at Sabya al Jadid, the old Idrisi capital. The square building is one storey tall, and its facade is covered with carved ornamental plaster work....

View of juniper trees growing on the side of a gravel wadi near the village of Sawda.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age,...

A pool of water in the mountains at Ayun spring.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they...

View of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting party in Al Khatam sands near Al Ain. In the foreground two peregrine falcons, each perched on a carved wooden wakir...

Portrait of a elderly tribesman of the Wahiba Bedouin sitting on the ground at Wilfred Thesiger's camp in Wadi Hawshi. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce...

Portrait of an Arab man grinding beans for coffee under a tree near the town of Qalat Bishah. A veiled woman sits in the right background.Due to the nature of...

Profile portrait of an Arab man, one of Wilfred Thesiger's guides, riding a camel during the party's journey from Jabal Sumeini to the port city of Sharjah. The man, a...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party trekking across a sand dune between oases in Liwa oasis. Footprints lead from the near foreground to where two of Wilfred Thesiger's Rashid Bedouin...

Portrait of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party resting on a sandy plain during the party's journey from Yisub well to Wadi Darbat.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce...

Portrait of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party riding a camel in the Sharqiyah Sands. This portrait was taken during the party's journey from Tawi Harian well to Batha'...

View of desert landscape taken during Wilfred Thesiger's journey from Masruq well to Al Hubi village. In the foreground a few small bushes grow on the slopes of high dune....

View of a group of Sa'ar Bedouin from the Bin Maaruf lineage on the move with their camels at Manwakh well. In the foreground young children follow along behind heavily...