Thesiger Collection

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party in the sands near Umm az Zumul well, during their journey towards Wadi Al Ayn. In the left foreground a small tree grows at...

View of traders sitting with their merchandise at an open-air market in the city of Seiyun. Crowds of buyers and traders fills the square, some of whom are carrying baskets...

Portrait of a Jewish man 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...

View of a group of Arab boys standing on a sandy flat in the Wadi Fatimah near Mecca.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of...

Portrait of a young man of the Sa'ar Bedouin relaxing at a camp in the Raydat as Say'ar. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs...

View of men in a rowboat in Dubai Creek. On the left a large group of men sit in a rowboat. Behind them moored dhows line the shore. On the...

View of sailors changing the sail on a dhow (sailboat) travelling through the Persian Gulf from Dubai to Bahrain Island. In the foreground a lifeboat sits on the deck of...

View of a settlement in the Bani Malik Mountains near the Yemen border. A small cluster of stone buildings and round watchtowers sit atop a high hillside. Due to the...

Side view of a boom, a large double masted dhow (sailboat) built in Kuwait, moored in the Persian Gulf near Bahrain Island. The boom sits in water rippled by gentle...

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. Wilfred Thesiger's...

View of desert landscape in the Ramlat ar Rabbad sands. From the near foreground to the far distance rolling ridges of sand dunes, dotted with vegetation, fill the landscape to...

Half length standing portrait of Ahmed, Captain Haji Mansur's mate, on a dhow (sailboat) in the Persian Gulf near Bahrain. Ahmed stands on the deck of the ship, wearing a...

Wilfred Thesiger's party crossing a gravel riverbed in Wadi Shalhamit near the Shalhamit wells, twenty miles due west of Habarut.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any...

Profile portrait of a thoroughbred female batina camel Wilfred Thesiger owned in 1950, standing in the sands near Al Ain. The camel stands in profile facing towards the left. It...

View of camels belonging to Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party grazing on a large ghaf [Prosopis cineraria] tree at Mughshin Oasis. A few men are sitting on the camels. In the...

Portrait of a tribesman 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 a family from the Bin Maaruf lineage of Sa'ar Bedouin gathered beside their tent at Manwakh well. Bags lie in the sand around the tent, which is black...

Half length seated portrait of an elder tribesman of the Wahiba Bedouin in the Wadi Halfayn. The man wears a light coloured thobe (shirt) and leans on a camel stick.Due...

Seated portrait of Sultan bin Ahmad, a tribesman of the Sh'asha lineage of Bayt Kathir Bedouin, in the Wadi Thu'ayt. Sultan bin Ahmad kneels in a patch of sand in...

Portrait of Salim bin Tamtaim, a leader in Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, in the Jiddat al Harasis during the party's journey from Boi well to Yisub well. Salim bin Tamtaim,...