Thesiger Collection

Wilfred Thesiger's party in the sands of the 'Uruq ash Shaybah, in the Rub' al Khali (Empty Quarter).Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party resting at the well of Ma' Shadid in the Wadi Ghudun. Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin guides rest with their camels in the middle of a...

View of Sa'ar Bedouin watering at Manwakh well. Men wait with camels beside the well. A line of filled water skins rest on the ground.Due to the nature of these...

View of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party crossing a salt flat in Al Batin sands, near Liwa oasis, in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali). The man, a...

Seated portrait of Muhammad al Auf, one of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions, in a camp between Khaur Sabkha well and Khaba well in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali). Muhammad...

Portrait of Salim bin Tamtaim, one of the leaders of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, at Andhur spring. A sheikh of the Bayt Ghuwas lineage of the Bayt Kathir Bedouin, Salim...

View of sand dunes in Al Khatam sands south of Al Ain, taken during Wilfred Thesiger's journey towards Al Humrah sands. In the foreground a bush grows beside a small...

Portrait of Salim bin Kabina, a young tribesman of the Bayt Imani lineage of Rashid Bedouin, in the region of Wadi Madi.Due to the nature of these images, prints will...

Portrait of a girl and a boy at Al Haqu village. The girl is wearing a tall straw hat.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs...

Seated portrait of an elder tribesman of the Manasir Bedouin at Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting camp in Al Khatam sands, near Al Ain. An elderly man with...

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

A boy and a man standing beside a partially saddled camel at Mughshin Oasis. Ghaf [Prosopis cineraria] trees grow in the background.Due to the nature of these images, prints will...

Portrait of Salim bin Ghabaisha, one of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling companions, during the party's journey from Ayun pool to Mudayy. Salim bin Ghabaisha is a young tribesman of the Bayt...

Seated half length portrait of a tribesman of the Manasir Bedouin in Al Khatam sands, near Al Ain. A smiling man with a long grey beard sits in the sand,...

View of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's party walking with camels near the wells in Wadi Shalhamit, west of Habarut. In the foreground a Bedouin man leads two camels across...

View of Sabya. A street with a fence made of branches on each side. Huts behind the fences, a stone building in the background.Due to the nature of these images,...

Portrait of two members of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party sitting beside a cooking fire in the Wadi al 'Umayri. Rai, a member of the 'Ifaar tribe, sits on the left....

Distant view of booms, large double masted dhows (sailboats) built in Kuwait, in the Persian Gulf between Dubai Emirate and Bahrain Island. In the distance a number of booms, sail...

Portrait of a peregrine falcon (shahin) with its prey, a MacQueen's Bustard (houbara), in the sands surrounding Al Ain. In the foreground a peregrine falcon, which belongs to Sheikh Zayed...

Seated portrait of a Bedouin tribesman in the Al Khatam sands near Al Ain. A Bedouin man with a thick beard half-kneels in the sand, holding his rifle in both...