Thesiger Collection

View of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party standing on a village road in the Bani Malik Mountains. In the background two short round towers sit behind trees on...

View of people of the Bani Malik tribe resting in the shade cast by trees at the Suq as Sabt [Saturday market] in the Bani Malik Mountains. A high mountains...

A group of children at the market in the city of Seiyun.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred...

Portrait of a boy at the village of Ash Shuqaiq.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they...

Half length portrait of Bil Ghaith, one of Wilfred Thesiger's Hejaz guides, in Jizan. Bil Ghaith, a teenaged boy from the Harb Bedouin tribe of the Wadi al Ahsabah, accompanied...

Standing half length portrait of Salim bin Ham, one of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's Bedouin retainers, in the sands surrounding Al Ain. Salim bin Ham stands facing forward,...

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

View of tall multi-storey buildings in the Wadi Hadhramawt near Seiyun. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred...

View of children and a man with two camels standing in the street in the town of Badr. Multi-storeyed buildings made from rammed earth line the street. The buildings have...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions making camp near Khaba well in the region of Kidan plains (Suhul al Kidan) in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali). Four men attend...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party crossing low dunes north of Khaba well in the Suhul al Kidan (Kidan plain) region of the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali). In the...

Portrait of a boy 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...

Half length portrait of two Arab men in front of a rock wall in Dubai. The older man on the left wears a ceremonial bisht (robe) over his waistcoat and...

View of camels belonging to Wilfred Thesiger's party grazing on bushes in the Wadi al 'Ayn.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear...

View of one of Wilfred Thesiger's guides standing at their campsite below Jebel Hafeet [Jabal Hafit] mountain. In the foreground a man in an thobe (long shirt), and ghutra (headscarf)...

View of a market (suq) in Manama on Bahrain Island. In the foreground a man stands leaning on his knee at a market stall. On the left two men sit...

Portrait of three 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...

Portrait of Salim bin Tamtaim, a leader in Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, in the Jiddat al Harasis during the party's journey from Boi well to Yisub well. Salim bin Tamtaim,...

Group portrait of four men from the Manahil Bedouin tribe, part of a raiding party, at Huliyah well. The men are sitting in a line, wearing blankets and holding rifles....

View of a few men in Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin travelling party watering camels at Huliyah well. In the background large bushes dot the plain behind the well.Due to the nature...