Thesiger Collection

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,...

Men at a well at Ghayl bin Yamayn.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 loading a camel during their journey through the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali) from Jaladah plain to the Bani Ma'arid sands.Due to the nature...

Desert landscape of a wide barren gravel plain fringed by low hills in Hadhramawt between Huliyah and Makhari. In the distance three men walk ahead of the rest of Wilfred...

View of a group of water sellers standing with their donkeys in front of a building in Kuwait City. Many of the donkeys are loaded with filled water skins. At...

Portrait of a man of the Mahra Bedouin at Min'ar in the Wadi Kidyut.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage...

Full length portrait of two herd boys from the Al Kathir Bedouin tribe sitting on a rock in the Wadi Jarsis in Jabal Qara mountains.Due to the nature of these...

View of sand dunes and a Bani Yas settlement in Liwa oasis. Tufts of grass or qassis (sedge) grow in a depression between sand dunes in the central foreground. In...

A camel at Mughshin Oasis with its forelegs bound together. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before...

Profile portrait of a saker (hurr) falcon belonging to Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting party in the sands surrounding Al Ain. The falcon perches on a wakir (block),...

Portrait of a boy of the Humum Bedouin.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 two members of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party at a well in Al Batin sands. In the central foreground one of Wilfred Thesiger's Rashid Bedouin companions bends over while...

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...

Portrait of three boys at Shibam.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...

View of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party riding a camel through the Wadi Sayfam. In the foreground a Bedouin man rides a camel across a flat plain dotted...

Seated portrait of Sahail bin Tahi, a tribesman of the Mudairiba lineage of Rashid Bedouin and one of Wilfred Thesiger's guides, during the party's journey from Al Ain to Liwa...