Thesiger Collection

View of Bedouin or Arab men with camels outside the walls of Al Muwaiji Fort in Al Ain, then the home of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan. Four men...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party riding past marakh and tamarisk trees in the Wadi 'Aydim near Tudhu.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of...

Desert landscape in the Shib Adaru wadi. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were archived...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party trekking through Al Batin sands, near Liwa oasis, during their journey across the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali). Two members of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's sailing companions aboard a dhow (sailboat) in the Abu Dhabi islands. A number of men and boys rest on the deck of a sailing boat. At...

View of four Bedouin men walking across an open area in front of a watchtower in Al Ain/Buraimi oasis. At the centre four men walk towards each other over an...

View of a crowd of locals and traders at the suq (market) in the town of Abha. In the foreground locals stand in the midst of a market crowd. Donkeys...

View of Muhammad bin Al Jabari, a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, riding a camel in Al Humrah sands during the party's journey to Umm az Zumul. In the...

Half length portrait of Mabarak, one of Wilfred Thesiger's Hejaz guides, in the region between Harub village and Sabya. Mabarak, a teenaged boy from the Bani Sharfa tribe of Wadi...

View of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party sitting on a camel in the Wadi Sayfam near Jebel Kawr. In the foreground a Bedouin man sits on a camel...

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

View of a ruined building at Sabya al Jadid, the old Idrisi capital. The square building is one storey tall, and its facade is covered with carved ornamental plaster work....

Portrait of a teenaged boy of the Bin Maaruf lineage of Sa'ar Bedouin at Manwakh well. He is sitting on the ground.Due to the nature of these images, prints will...

Wilfred Thesiger's party watering at the Khawr bin 'Atarit well, north of Mughshin in the Ghanim Sands. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of...

View of volcanic landscape in the Bani Hilal tribal area near Jabal Sharif.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that...

View of a ruin, a large pile of stones, in the hills above Hanun well.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or...

Portrait of a teenaged boy of the Bani Malik tribe in the Bani Malik Mountains. He is wearing a garland of sweet herbs in his hair and carries a water...

View of a camel caravan at the open air market in the town of Qalat Bishah. In the foreground Arab men and women stand amongst a number of couched camels....

View of sailors preparing to hoist sails on a dhow (sailboat) in the Persian Gulf near Dubai. Two sailors stand in the foreground, one facing forward and one facing backward....

Portrait of a man of the Harasis Bedouin in the region between Yisub well and the Jabal Qara mountains in southern Oman.Due to the nature of these images, prints will...