Thesiger Collection

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...

View of rocky hills and landscape near the town of Qalat Bishah.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred...

Reclining portrait of Salim bin Kabina, a sixteen or seventeen year old boy of the Bayt Imani lineage of Rashid Bedouin, at a well in the region of Wadi Khawat....

Seated profile portrait of Musallim bin Al Kamam, a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, during the party's journey from Al Ain to Liwa oasis (likely in the region of...

Portrait of the Emir at Jallat al Mawt.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 terraced fields cut into a far hillside near Sawda village. In the foreground juniper trees grow along the edge of a hillside.Due to the nature of these images,...

View of a transport lorry parked alongside a high wall in the city of Najran.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party camping in the Jiddat al Harasis during the party's journey from Boi well to Yisub well. Due to the nature of these images, prints...

View of a rocky wadi bed at the well of Ma' Shadid in the Wadi Ghudun. In the left foreground two bushes grow. In the distance beyond a few of...

At Sabya. A camel-driven press for sesame seeds. It consists of a large mortar in which a pestle is rotated.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party camping in the Jiddat al Harasis during the party's journey from Boi well to Yisub well. Due to the nature of these images, prints...

View of an Arab man using a team of donkeys to operate a sluice gate at a water reservoir in the Al Hasa Oasis. In the foreground a man with...

Standing full length portrait of an Arab falconer, a member of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting party, with a peregrine falcon, a camel, and a saluki in the...

Portrait of Musallim bin Anauf, the son of Salim bin Turkia. Musallim bin Anauf, a member of the Bayt Gidad lineage of Bayt Kathir Bedouin, sits on the ground facing...

View of a small village in the Al Ghamid tribal region between the villages of Al Makhwah and Thurayban. Two stone huts topped with straw roofs sit in the midst...

View of a family of Sahul Bedouin unloading their camels at the Ar Rumhiya wells near Ar Riyadh. In the foreground a man and two women unload camels. In the...