Thesiger Collection

View of traders and shoppers at the open air market in the town of Qalat Bishah. In the foreground two camels sit alongside a group of Arab men and a...

Portrait of two boys at Umm al Khashab. One is wearing a straw hat.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage...

Portrait of the captain of a dhow, at Al Mukalla.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they...

Portrait of a peregrine falcon (shahin) with its prey, a desert hare, in the sands surrounding Al Ain. A peregrine falcon, belonging to Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting...

View of a young man on the beach in Dubai Creek. In the foreground a young man wearing an undershirt and a wraparound skirt stands in sand beside Dubai Creek....

Seated portrait of a tribesman of the Junuba Bedouin, one of the retainers of Sulaiman bin Hamyiar, in the region west of the Hamrat ad Duru. The man kneels in...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party trekking across a dune towards a palm grove in Liwa oasis. In the left near distance three of Wilfred Thesiger's Rashid Bedouin companions ride...

View of a village near Lawdar in Abyan Governorate. Square stone buildings are built alongside and on top of a steeply sloping mountain. In the far right background more high...

Wilfred Thesiger's party at the Khawr bin 'Atarit well, north of Mughshin in the Ghanim Sands. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age,...

Landscape in the Wadi ad Dhila.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...

Portrait of a boy of the Mahra Bedouin in the Jabal Qara mountains.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that...

Close-up portrait of a young man of the Bayt Kathir Bedouin in the Wadi Shutaynah or Wadi 'Aydim.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of...

View of a man of the Sa'ar Bedouin, possibly a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, at B'ir Tamis well. In the background a palm tree grows near the well,...

View of a graveyard in the city of Seiyun. In the distance buildings crowd around the foot of a high rock promontory. In the left background the Sultan Al Kathiri...

Portrait of a boy of the Bayt Zabnawt lineage of Mahra Bedouin at Habarut [Habrut] wells.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear...

Three-quarter length portrait of a Naim sheikh standing in front of a cannon outside Qasr Al Hosn fort in Abu Dhabi. The Naim sheikh wears a ghutra (headscarf) tied in...

View of rocky landscape near the town of Qalat Bishah. A pile of large boulders sits in the foreground. In the distance beyond a number of tall date palms grow...

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

Two Bedouin boys at Bir Muhammad Yahyah well near Wadi Bayd.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before...

Portrait of a boy in the Wadi Baysh.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were archived...