Thesiger Collection

Portrait of Bil Ghaith, one of Wilfred Thesiger's Hejaz guides, cooking lunch in the region between the towns of Najran and Badr. Bil Ghaith, a teenaged boy from the Harb...

Group portrait of men and boys standing in a crowd at the Suq al Khamis [Thursday market] in the town of Najran.Due to the nature of these images, prints will...

Portrait of Said bin Kabina, Salim bin Kabina's younger brother, at Al Muqarqar spring in the Wadi Kidyut.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs 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...

Close up portrait of Musallim bin Al Kamam, one of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling companions, leaning against a wall at Al Muwaiji Fort in Al Ain. Musallim bin Al Kamam, a...

Group portrait of sailors hoisting the main sail on a dhow (sailboat) in the Persian Gulf near Dubai. A pile of sails and rigging sits on the deck of the...

Full length portrait of an Arab boy standing in Ash Shuqaiq village.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party resting under a tree in the Wadi Halfayn. In the centre three members of Wilfred Thesiger's party stand amongst couched camels in the near...

Distant view of dhows moored along the shore of Bahrain Island. In the near left two small dhows are moored alongside a boom, a large double masted dhow (sailboat) built...

Seated portrait of Wilfred Thesiger wearing Arab dress in Dubai. Wilfred Thesiger sits in a patio chair on the rooftop terrace of a house in Dubai, facing towards the far...

Portrait of a teenaged Arab boy loading a donkey with filled water skins at the harbour in Kuwait City. The boy sells fresh water, which was at this time was...

View of man riding a donkey down a gravel path near the village of Sawda. The path cuts across rocky slopes and runs across a hillside into the far distance.Due...

Portrait of Said bin Musallim of the Rashid Bedouin, a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party. This portrait was taken in the region between Wadi Rahnah and Al Maghar well....

Half length portrait of an Arab boy standing in front of a wall in the coastal town of Al Birk. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce...

Portrait of two boys of the Manahil Bedouin at Fughmah.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they...

Full length standing portrait of three Arab boys in Wadi Yiba or Wadi Hali.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party in the Wadi Haluf. In the left foreground two of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin guides sit on their mounts while the camels graze on a...

Portrait of Awad bin Khazai, a sheikh of the Bayt Imani lineage of Rashid Bedouin and a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, with an ibex in the Wadi Kidyut....

Standing portrait of a boy in the city of Lawdar in Abyan Governorate.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that...

View of a number of round watchtowers at a settlement in the region between the city of Abha and the village of 'Ar'arah. In the foreground a large circular tower...