Thesiger Collection

View of a large building in the city of Shibam. Railings and spires run along the roof edges. The building's windows are filled with carved wooden window screens and painted...

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. Due to the nature of these...

Portrait of a man of the Khawlan Bedouin at Suq 'Ayban market under Jabal Fayfa.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party travelling towards a salt flat in Liwa oasis. In the central foreground two men from Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, tribesmen of the Bayt Imani...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party crossing the gravel plain of Al Jaladah in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali). Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce...

Profile portrait of a boy of the Bayt Zabnawt lineage of Mahra Bedouin.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that...

Portrait of a young man and a boy at Umm al Khashab. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that...

Half-length portrait of one of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's retainers at Al Ain. The man wears a thobe (long shirt) and an embroidered headscarf (ghutra) topped with thin...

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

Seated profile portrait of Salim bin Kabina, one of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling companions, riding a camel during the party's journey from Jabal Sumeini to the port city of Sharjah. Salim...

At Umm al Khashab. Portrait of a boy standing beside a well. He is wearing a broad-brimmed straw hat.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs...

View of water sellers unloading imported water from a dhow (sailboat) at the harbour in Kuwait City. In the foreground men stand in the tide beside a dhow, loading filled...

Standing full length portrait of a young man in a market (suq) in Manama on Bahrain Island. In the foreground a young man stands in a patch of shade in...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party trekking in the Uruq al Awarik sands or Al Jaladah plain in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali). Due to the nature of these...

View of members of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party near the Habarut wells. In the foreground three people stand on a dry, sandy riverbed. One of the men is pointing a...

A Bedouin man.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.

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, belonging to Sheikh Zayed bin...

A wadi at Fughmah.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...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party watering camels at Haluf well in the Wadi Haluf near Haluf well. Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin guides stand with the party's camels while the camels...

Seated group portrait of an elder tribesman of the Wahiba Bedouin with three young men in the Wadi Halfayn. On the left an elder tribesman with a large beard sits...