Thesiger Collection

Portrait of a boy and a young man in the town of Umm al Khashab. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear...

View of livestock traders at a suq (market) in the city of Ad Dali'. A large crowd of traders moves amongst the cows and donkeys standing in the street. In...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party travelling from the Khawr bin 'Atarit well in the Ghanim Sands to the Ramlat al Ghafah.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce...

View of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party riding through desert sands during the party's journey from the Wadi al 'Ayn to the Ramlat al Ghirbaniyat (Ghirbaniyat Sands). In...

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 mountains...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party descending a dune 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 a high dune in Al Batin sands in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali). A high dune with a steeply sloping face rises in the foreground. It is...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party at camp under a Baina tree in the plains below Hamrat ad Duru, during the party's journey from Masruq well to Al Hubi village. In...

Portrait of Emir Said Bin Mushait's children standing in the door of Khamis Mushait Castle. At the time of this photograph, the castle was the home of Emir Said Bin...

Wilfred Thesiger's party at Dahal well.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...

Group portrait of a family of Hamum Bedouin on the Jol of the Raydat al Ma'arah.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear...

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

A man and a boy at Bir Muhammad Yahyah well near Wadi Bayd.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party riding across a bare, gravelly landscape near Andhur spring in Wadi Andhur.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of...

Portrait of a boy of the Bin Maaruf lineage of Sa'ar Bedouin at Manwakh well. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear...

Mahra Bedouin watering camels at a well at Habarut [Habrut] wells.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before...

Three-quarter length portrait of an Arab man carrying a baby and an Arab teenager in the town of Ash Shuqaiq.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any...

View of desert landscape in the Al Dhafra sands of the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali) between Dhibi well and Al Batin sands. A low wall of dunes borders a...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party trekking through Al Batin sands during their journey across the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali) from Al Dhafra sands to Liwa oasis. A member...

Portrait of a peregrine falcon (shahin) with its prey, a MacQueen's Bustard (houbara), in the sands surrounding Al Ain. A peregrine falcon, belonging to Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's...