Thesiger Collection

View of a Bedouin man in Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party standing in the Wadi Rahnah, west of Sanaw. A few clumps of vegetation grow in the sand after a rain.Due...

Group portrait of Sa'ar Bedouin sitting in front of their cave in the Raydat as Say'ar. A herd of goats climbs over the rocks behind them. Due to the nature...

View of black goat hair tents of the Bin Maaruf lineage of Sa'ar Bedouin at Manwakh well. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of...

Men and boys watering at a well in a village in the lower Wadi Damad region, east of Sabya. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any...

Portrait of two Utaybah Bedouin tribesmen at Al Qaiyah or Ad Dafinah wells, taken during Wilfred Thesiger's journey from Marat village to Burayman, near Jiddah. A herd of goats and...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali) during the party's journey from Jaladah plain to Bani Ma'arid sands. The party's camels are grazing on...

View of the city of Seiyun with palm trees in the foreground. In the central distance Sultan Al Kathiri Palace is visible on a rise overlooking the rest of the...

View of a Bedouin tent erected beside a rocky point in the midst of a vast barren landscape near the town of As Sayl al Kabir.Due to the nature of...

View of a Manasir Bedouin encampment in the Al Khatam sands near Al Ain. Six men and children relax around a fire in front of a large tent erected in...

View of members of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party crossing the sandy floor of a wadi in the upper Wadi Dhamad.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any...

Portrait of a man of the Mahra Bedouin at Habarut [Habrut] wells.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred...

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...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party trekking across dunes in Al Humrah sands during their journey to Umm az Zumul. In the near distance three of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions ride...

Portrait of Salim bin Kalut (also known as Salah bin Kalut), one of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin guides, in Salalah at the start of the party's journey to Al Mukalla. Salim...

View of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting party in Al Khatam sands near Al Ain. In the near distance members of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting...

View of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party standing on a dune in the sands north of Al Ain during the party's journey from Al Ain to Ramlat Unayq....

View of a boy standing in the tide next to a beached dhow (sailboat) at the harbour in Kuwait City. Behind him more dhows are beached in shallow water.Due to...

Close up portrait of Bil Ghaith, one of Wilfred Thesiger's Hejaz guides, in the village of Thurayban. Bil Ghaith, a teenaged boy from the Harb Bedouin tribe of the Wadi...

Group portrait of men from the Bin Maaruf lineage of Sa'ar Bedouin sitting on the ground at Manwakh well. In the foreground Abdullah bin Maiqal (also known as Abdullah bin...

Portrait of a boy in the Wadi Yiba.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were archived...