Thesiger Collection

Portrait of a middle-aged man of the Qara tribe standing in the Wadi Darbat.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party travelling across high dunes in the region of Kidan plains (Suhul al Kidan) or Al Batin sands in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali). Wilfred...

View of dhows (sailboats) moored in Dubai Creek. In the foreground a group of dhows are moored crowded together in Dubai Creek.Due to the nature of these images, prints will...

View of tribesmen of the Awazim or Ajman Bedouin at a well in the region between Kuwait City and Al Qatif on the Persian Coast. In the foreground three men...

Landscape in Humum country east of Al Mukalla in the region of Wadi Madi.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage...

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...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party camping beneath a ghaf [Prosopis cineraria] tree in the Ramlat al Ghirbaniyat (Ghirbaniyat Sands). In the distance rolling dunes continue to the far horizon....

The market at Abha in front of Al Shada Palace, the palace of the Emir. In the foreground many wood traders stand with their pack donkeys in front of the...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party camping beneath a tree on a gravel wadi during the party's journey from Manwakh well to B'ir Tamis well. A high plateau rises in the...

View of a man standing in a field in front of a tower house in the town of Dhahran. Behind him a square tower houses built of rammed earth sits...

Portrait of a boy of the Mahra Bedouin in the Wadi al Jiz' near its junction with Wadi Mahrat.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs...

Portrait of three young boys, named Munzuk [Murzuk], Erzek and Merzik, of the Bayt Kathir Bedouin taken in the Wadi 'Aydim region between Mudayy and Harbarut. One boy sits on...

View of the Emir's fort at Najran.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were archived by...

Wilfred Thesiger's party during their journey from the Wadi Kidyut to Shib Waqtaat.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that...

Wilfred Thesiger's party in a wadi at Fughmah.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were archived...

Wilfred Thesiger's party resting under a tree during their journey from Dahal well to Qabr Hud well.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age,...

Seated portrait of a teenaged boy of the Sa'ar Bedouin in the Raydat as Say'ar region. He is flattening plant stalks between two stones.Due to the nature of these images,...

View of people standing in front of Khamis Mushait Castle. At the time of this photograph, the castle was the home of Emir Said Bin Mushait, the Emir of the...

View of a street in the coastal city of Jizan. Square one storey buildings with flat roofs line both sides of a street in the centre of Jizan.Due to the...

View of two members of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party riding across the gravel bed of the Wadi Andhur. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs...