Thesiger Collection

View of Al Fahidi fort in the Bastakiya quarter of old Dubai. In the foreground 'arish huts, made from palm fronds, sit below the tall round corner tower of Al...

Portrait of a boy in the lower Wadi Damad region, east of Sabya. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage...

Portrait of a boy of the Sa'ar Bedouin at Manwakh well. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred...

Full length standing portrait of a man of the Bin Maaruf lineage of Sa'ar Bedouin at Manwakh well. He is wearing a fur cloak with the fur turned to the...

Buildings at Shibam. These are tall buildings with several storeys. In front of them is an open space with a trough. Couched camels and some people around them.Due to the...

View of four members of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party trekking in the Al Dhafra sands, north-west of Liwa oasis. In the left foreground a tall scraggly bush grows on a...

Portrait of a tribesman of the Wahiba Bedouin at a well in the Wadi 'Andam or the Wadi Halfayn. He is sitting on the ground and holds a rifle against...

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...

View of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's party sitting on the crest of a dune in the Ghanim Sands, during the party's journey from Khasfah well to Matki well. A...

View of townspeople walking on the street in front of Qasr Ibrahim fort in the town of Al Hofuf in Al Hasa Oasis. In the left foreground a man attends...

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

Portrait of a teenaged boy from the Bani Malik tribe in the upper Wadi Damad. He is wearing herbs in his hair. A dagger is hanging from his belt. Due...

View of two camels, which belong to Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, grazing in the Ramlat as Sahmah.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age,...

View of tower houses at a village in the region between the Tamniyah mountains and Al 'Abis village. In the distance a number of tall square houses with small windows...

View of a dhow (sailboat) under repair at the harbour in Kuwait City. A few Arab men work to repair a large beached dhow. The dhow is propped upright with...

Portrait of a little boy of the Bayt Kathir Bedouin taken in the Wadi 'Aydim region between Mudayy and Harbarut. The boy is eating a coconut. Wilfred Thesiger met this...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party trekking towards high dunes in the Bani Ma'arid sands of the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali). Due to the nature of these images, prints...

Mahra Bedouin with water-skins at the Sarif wells.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were archived...

Close up profile portrait of a thoroughbred female batina camel taken in the sands near Al Ain. The camel faces towards the left (only its head and neck are visible)....

Portrait of Musallim bin Anauf, the son of Salim bin Turkia. Musallim bin Anauf, a member of the Bayt Gidad lineage of Bayt Kathir Bedouin, sits on the ground facing...