Thesiger Collection

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party trekking across dunes in Al Humrah sands during their journey to Umm az Zumul. Three of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions trek in a line across...

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...

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

Seated portrait of a youth of the Harb Bedouin and an Arab man drinking coffee near the village of As Sayl al Kabir. Due to the nature of these images,...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party descending a dune in the 'Uruq ash Shaybah sands of the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali).Due to the nature of these images, prints will...

View of a few people walking through a public square in the city of Tarim. Tall multi-storey adobe buildings with small windows sit on all sides of the square. The...

Portrait of two boys in the village of Baydayn in Wadi Hali.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred...

Seated portrait of a boy riding a donkey in Dubai. A boy sits facing towards the right on the back of a donkey (only its back is visible). He wears...

Portrait of a tribesman of the Bin Maaruf lineage of Sa'ar Bedouin standing in the sand at Manwakh well.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs...

Close up portrait of a boy in the city of Lawdar in Abyan Governorate. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or...

View of small craft and ocean-going dhows (sailboats) beached at the harbour in Kuwait City. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party resting at Andhur spring. Salim bin Tamtaim, one of the leaders of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, stands third from the left. Salim bin Tamtaim is...

Portrait of two Bedouin men drawing water from Bir Muhammad Yahyah well near Wadi Bayd.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or...

Portrait of Muhammad al Auf, a tribesman of the Bayt Mbarik lineage of Rashid Bedouin and one of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling companions, at the encampment of Muhammad near Bir al...

Portrait of Wahiba Bedouin with their camels at a well in the Wadi 'Andam. On the left a tribesman of the Wahiba Bedouin, wearing a white wraparound skirt, pours water...

Portrait of a man with children at Mudayy.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 riding their camels through a wadi in the Hejaz foothills of the upper Wadi Hali. Due to the nature of these images, prints will...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party resting in the shade of a tree in the upper Wadi al Batha' east of Qabil al Bu Said village.Due to the nature of these...

Mountain landscape at Jallat al Mawt.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...

Close up portrait of a tribesman of the Duru Bedouin in the region west of the Hamrat ad Duru. A tribesman of the Duru Bedouin, with a thick salt and...