Thesiger Collection

Half length seated portrait of a tribesman of the Habab in the Al Ain / Buraimi oasis. A tribesman of the Habab kneels in the sand with one hand on...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party watering at a well in the Wadi Halfayn. Musallim bin Al Kamam, a sheikh of the Musaifar lineage of Rashid Bedouin, stands holding a...

View a camel and a donkey belonging to Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party resting in a gravelly wadi at the 'Aqabat ash Sha'ar pass. In the background the fort guarding the...

Standing full-length portrait of Arab man with camels outside Al Muwaiji Fort in Al Ain. An Arab man wearing a dark thobe (long shirt) cinched with a length of rope...

[Image blurred.]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 Pitt Rivers Museum.

Upper body portrait of one of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's Bedouin retainers in Al Ain. The man, a tribesman of the Rashid Bedouin, sits in the sand, looking...

Three-quarter length standing portrait of a young tribesman of the Wahiba Bedouin at Furai well in Sharqiyah Sands.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of...

Seated half length portrait of one of Wilfred Thesiger's sailing companions on the deck of a dhow (sailboat) in the Abu Dhabi islands. The young man from Abu Dhabi sits...

View of Musallim bin Al Kamam, a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, in Al Dhafra or Baynunah sands. A pile of gear lies in the sand near to a...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party loading up their camels at Mughshin Oasis. Ghaf [Prosopis cineraria] trees grow in the background.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any...

Portrait of a peregrine falcon (shahin) with its prey, a stone curlew, in the sands surrounding Al Ain. In the left foreground a peregrine falcon belonging to Sheikh Zayed bin...

The market at Abha in front of Al Shada Palace, the palace of the Emir. Traders stand with their pack donkeys at an open air market in front of the...

Portrait of an older man of the Khawlan Bedouin at Suq 'Ayban market under Jabal Fayfa. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age,...

View of locals walking along a street in front of a mosque in the city of Abha. A large white minaret stands at the right edge of the buildings. Due...

Half length portrait of a teenaged boy of the Sa'ar Bedouin standing in a field in the Raydat as Say'ar. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce...

Wilfred Thesiger's party in the sands of the 'Uruq ash Shaybah, in the Rub' al Khali (Empty Quarter).Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of...

View into the courtyard of Al Muraba Palace in Riyadh, the home of King Abdul Aziz [Ibn Saud]. The building on the far side of the courtyard is fronted with...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party trekking across a flat plain in the desert north of Shisr well. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs...

Standing full length portrait of two Jewish boys in the town of Ad Dali'. Two Jewish boys stand together in front of a stone wall. Each of the boys is...

View of water sellers unloading imported water from a dhow (sailboat) at the harbour in Kuwait City. In the foreground a man loads one of his two donkeys with filled...