Thesiger Collection

View of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party in Al Dhafra sands during the party's journey to Baynunah. In the left distance one of Wilfred Thesiger's Rashid Bedouin companions...

Standing full length portrait of two Arab men, one of whom is carrying a child on his shoulder, in hills near the town of Qalat Bishah. Behind them a rocky...

Portrait of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party resting on a sandy plain during the party's journey from Yisub well to Wadi Darbat.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce...

View of dunes in the Al Dhafra sands between Dhibi well and Al Batin sands in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali). In the foreground a small flat area with...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party resting under trees in the Bani Hilal tribal area near Jabal Sharif.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party treking with their camels in the Ghanim Sands during the party's journey from Mughshin Oasis to Khawr bin 'Atarit well. Ghaf [Prosopis cineraria] trees grow...

View of Seiyun from above. In the foreground the corner of a roof with decorative stone railings.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age,...

View of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party trekking up a sand dune between oases in Liwa oasis. In the foreground a small tuft of qassis (sedge) grows near...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party resting in the shade of large tree in Wadi Halfayn. On the left a group of men rest in the shade of large tree. In...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party resting near Kismim Pass in the Jabal Qara mountains. In the fields below Wilfred Thesiger's party of Arab and Qara men rest in camp...

View of a crowd of traders and buyers at the Suq al Khamis [Thursday market] in the town of Najran. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce...

Portrait of one of Sheikh Shakhbut bin Sultan Al Nahyan's retainers kneeling in the sand on the Corniche in Abu Dhabi. The man holds a rifle in his right hand....

Portrait of Ali bin Said bin Rashid, a sheikh of the Yahahif lineage of Wahiba Bedouin, standing with a camel in the Wadi 'Andam, possibly at Al Jiza well.Due to...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party making camp in the Wadi 'Aydim near Mudday [image is out of focus].Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of...

View of a bush growing in sand in the region between Jaladah plain and the Bani Ma'arid sands in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali). Due to the nature of...

View of members of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party men butchering a camel in the Shi'b al Raqq near the Haij well. In the foreground six men stand around a dead...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party camping in the Ghanim Sands during the party's journey from Khasfah well to Matki well. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce...

View of two of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions resting beside a tree in Al Ain / Buraimi oasis. In the near distance the two men rest in the shade of...

A boy at a well near Seiyun.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were archived by...

View of an Arab man crossing a bridge across an irrigation channel in a date palm plantation in the Al Hasa Oasis. Behind him date palms grown in the background.Due...