Thesiger Collection

View of two camels, belonging to Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, standing on a gravelly flat in the Wadi Sayfam. In the far background Jebel Kawr mountain rises above the trees...

Full length portrait of Salim bin Kabina, one of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling companions, with Ghazala ('the gazelle'), a famous thoroughbred Batina camel owned by Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan...

At Sabya. Low shelters to the left and right and sheep between them. Further back people with donkeys and huts in the background.Due to the nature of these images, prints...

[image indistinct]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.

[image out of focus]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...

Half length portrait of a Bedouin boy, part of a camel caravan resting outside the city gates of Al Mukalla.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any...

A group of couched camels at Mughshin Oasis. Ghaf [Prosopis cineraria] trees grow in the background.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear...

View of boats moored off the Corniche in the town of Abu Dhabi. In the foreground a trail of seaweed marks the high tide line along the length of the...

Portrait of four of Wilfred Thesiger's sailing companions on the deck of a sailboat (dhow) in the Abu Dhabi islands. A man stands at the centre of the boat, holding...

View of the southern slopes of the Jabal Qara mountain range, as seen from Kismim Pass. In the foreground trees and dense vegetation grows on a nearby hillside. Further beyond...

View of multi-storeyed buildings built from rammed earth in the town of Dhahran in Qahtan tribal territory.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age,...

Portrait of three Sahul Bedouin men helping to draw water from one of the Rumah wells. The three men crouch on the edge of a rock-lined well, using their hands...

View of a stone and thatch dwelling in the Jabal Qara mountains. The hut is built into the hillside. It has rock walls and is covered with thatch. The entrance...

Two Bedouin boys in the Wadi al Jiz' near its junction with Wadi Mahrat.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage...

Full length portrait of a boy of the Sa'ar Bedouin standing in the Raydat as Say'ar. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age,...

Portrait of a man 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...

View of a family of Bayt Kathir Bedouin from the Bayt Gidad lineage in the Wadi Haluf. In the foreground two Bayt Gidad boys and a man stand in a...

View of a herd of cattle standing amongst small domed huts at Shehara cattle camp on the Jarbayb Plain. The camp is made up of small huts covered in grass...

Close up portrait of Musallim bin Al Kamam, one of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions, in Al Ain / Buraimi oasis. Musallim bin Al Kamam, a sheikh of the Musaifar lineage...

Wilfred Thesiger's party watering camels in the Wadi al 'Ayn.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they...