Thesiger Collection

Wadi Baysh in flood in the foothills near Jibal ar Rayth.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before...

Portrait of a Mahra Bedouin boy in the region between Sarif wells and Al Muqarqar.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party trekking through Al Khatam sands south of Al Ain, on their journey towards Al Humrah sands. In the foreground a bare tree sits in the...

Standing portrait of an elder Arab man at Sheikh Saqr bin Mohammed Al Qasimi's fort in the town of Ras Al Khaimah. A man in a dark coloured thobe (shirt)...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party in the Uruq az Zayza sands in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali).Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs...

Standing portrait of a group of men and boys at a suq (market) in the city of Lawdar in Abyan Governorate. Due to the nature of these images, prints will...

View of an Utaybah Bedouin family watering their sheep at Al Qaiyah well. In the background a herd of camels stands on the dry flat plain. Due to the nature...

Wilfred Thesiger's camp near Ghayl bin Yumayn.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were archived by...

Two men and a boy of the Qahtan in Wadi Qa'ah.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before...

View of the Al Haddar tombs in the city of Al Qatan in the Wadi Hadhramawt. On the left sit the two tombs, which have pointed domed roofs and are...

View of a Bedouin man, in Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, standing in a graveyard in the Wadi Ghabartan. The graves are covered with piled stones. Upturned stones sit on the...

Portrait of a herds boy of the Bayt Kathir Bedouin in Dhofar.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred...

View of dhows (sailboats) and small sailing craft beached in the sand on the shores of Kuwait City. In the near distance an Arab boy stands beside one of the...

Wilfred Thesiger's camp near Ghayl bin Yumayn.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 overlooking a valley at the Sarif wells. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were...

Full length portrait of a man and a young boy standing at the side of a river in the region between the cities of Sabya and Jizan. Due to the...

Portrait of a boy in the lower Wadi Damad region, east of Sabya. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage...

Full length standing portrait of an elderly Bedouin man and an Arab boy at Dubai. On the left a young man wears a waistcoat and a khanjar (dagger) in a...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party trekking between dunes in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali) during the party's journey from Jaladah plain to Bani Ma'arid sands. Due to the...

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