Thesiger Collection

Seated portrait of Salim bin Habarut, a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, at the southern end of Jabal Hafit (Jebel Hafeet), near Al Qabil. Salim bin Habarut, a sheikh...

Full length portrait of an Arab boy wearing herbs in his hair standing on one leg in the town of Abha. In the background people walk across a vast empty...

View of tufts of vegetation growing in sand at Al Kharbah, a caravan halting place in the lower Wadi 'Aydim. In the foreground clumps of vegetation grow out of the...

Close up profile portrait of Mabarak, one of Wilfred Thesiger's Hejaz guides, in the region between Jabal Baydan and At Taif. Mabarak, a teenaged boy from the Bani Sharfa tribe...

Portrait of an Arab boy sitting on a donkey in the town of Al Hofuf in Al Hasa Oasis. Behind the boy a grove of date palms grows behind a...

View of two camels walking amongst tall clusters of vegetation growing on a flat sand in the Wadi Aswad. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any...

Portrait of a boy of the Mahra Bedouin at the Sarif wells.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party trekking 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...

Portrait of a young man of the Manahil Bedouin at Fughmah.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before...

Portrait of a boy of the Khawlan Bedouin at Suq 'Ayban market under Jabal Fayfa. The shaved strip across his head shows he is not circumcised.Due to the nature of...

Portrait of Nimr bin Salim, a tribesman of the Bayt Imani lineage of Rashid Bedouin, at Ghayl bin Yamayn.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs...

View of a boy and donkeys at a well in a village in the lower Wadi Damad region, east of Sabya. The boy is sitting on one of the donkeys,...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party crossing rolling sands during their journey from Wadi al 'Ayn to the Ramlat al Ghirbaniyat (Ghirbaniyat Sands). Scattered trees, bushes and other vegetation grow in...

Portrait of two men standing in front of a wall at a village in Zahran tribal territory, in the region between the town of Ad Dhafir and Jabal Baydan. Due...

Group portrait of men and boys standing in a crowd at the Suq al Khamis [Thursday market] in the town of Najran.Due to the nature of these images, prints will...

Half length standing portrait of an Iranian (possibly Baluch) porter on a Dubai street. A man wearing an embroidered ghutra (headscarf) squints into the sun in front of a wooden...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party heading towards a high dune in Al 'Aradh in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali). Due to the nature of these images, prints will...

View of round huts and a square stone building in the lower Wadi Damad. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or...

Portrait of Salim bin Kabina, a tribesman of the Bayt Imani lineage of Rashid Bedouin and one of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling companions, sitting on the ground in the Wadi al...

Full length portrait of two Arab men in front of a rock wall in the city of Sawda. The man on the left is wearing a curved dagger, while the...