Thesiger Collection

Seated group portrait of Wahiba Bedouin at a camp in the Wadi Halfayn. Six Wahiba Bedouin tribesmen of mixed ages sit on the ground in a line. Three coffee urns...

View of wild fig trees growing in downs in the Jabal Qara mountains. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage...

Close up portrait of a Baluchi porter, from Iran, standing in front of a wall in Dubai. A middle-aged man with a moustache and stubbly beard stands against a wall,...

Standing full length portrait of a sixteen-year-old boy in the village of Ash Shuqaiq. He is wearing white trousers, typically women's dress but here worn as part of ceremonial attire...

View of small craft and a large, ocean-going boom, a Kuwaiti built trading vessel, at the harbour in Kuwait City. In the foreground small dhows (sailboats) are beached along the...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party trekking towards high dunes in the Bani Ma'arid sands of the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali). A few bushes grow at the bottom of...

Portrait of a boy in the lower Wadi Damad region, east of Sabya. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage...

View of a suq (market) in the city of Lawdar in Abyan Governorate. In the foreground people gather around market stalls selling woven baskets. Due to the nature of these...

Portrait of a tribesman of the Bayt Kathir Bedouin, a member of Wilfred Thesiger's party, riding a camel in the Wadi Inqudun, a branch of Wadi Dhahaban. Due to the...

View of landscape near the city of Abha. In the foreground gravel and a few piles of rocks lie on a barren flat. In the distance a few multi-storeyed square...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party walking across a dune in the Ramlat ar Rabbad sands. Three of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions walk with their camels along a dune ridge....

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party watering their camels at Qafa pool in Wadi 'Aydim. Men stand with their camels along the shore of a large pool of water. In...

People at the market at Al Haqu villageDue to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were archived...

Portrait of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party gathering water from a well at the southern end of Jabal Hafit (Jebel Hafeet). In the foreground five men stand in a well. Hamad...

Half length standing portrait of a local Arab man and boy in Al Ain / Buraimi oasis. An Arab man and a boy stand side by side in front of...

View of two members of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party riding camels through the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali), during the party's journey from Jaladah plain to Bani Ma'arid sands. The...

Group portrait of hunters and retainers in Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's falconry party at their encampment near Al Ain. In the foreground a group of men and two...

Half length portrait of an Arab man, one of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's falconers, carrying a falcon in the sands surrounding Al Ain. The man wears a patterned...

Mahra Bedouin of the Bayt Zabnawt lineage with their camels at Habarut [Habrut].Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that...

View of large black tents belonging to Sahul Bedouin at one of the Rumah wells. The tents are open on one side and sit in a vast flat plain. Due...