Thesiger Collection

View of the stern of a baghala (large boat, a type of dhow) and other boats in the harbour at Basra.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce...

Portrait of a boy, the cousin of Khali Aga, sitting, smiling.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before...

View of mountains in the Kara Dagh range.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 mountains, with two men on rocks in the foreground.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before...

Portrait of a man, standing, leaning on some ropes.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were...

Portrait of a man, Sheikh Maziad bin Hamdan of the Al Essa tribe, standing in the doorway of a mudhif (guest house).Due to the nature of these images, prints will...

View of houses at a settlement in the Marshes, with two people in a canoe, in which there is a cargo of dry reeds, prominent in the foreground.Due to the...

Portrait of a boy, the son of Saida Khan, a leader of the Herki tribe, standing, carrying a rifle over his left shoulder, with mountains in the distance.Due to the...

View of a gorge, with a man sitting on rocks in the foreground.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that...

Portrait of an elderly woman (named Afara), the mother of Hasan bin Manati, one of Wilfred Thesiger's canoe-boys.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of...

View of men in boats, spear fishing on Umm al Abid.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before...

View of houses at Qabab, with the prow of Wilfred Thesiger's tarada (sheikh's canoe) prominent in the foreground.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of...

Portrait of a woman, sitting, resting her head on her hand.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before...

View of three men, wearing strappings which rope them together, pulling a balam (flat bottomed boat) which has its main sail raised.Due to the nature of these images, prints will...

Close-up view of the prow of a balam (flat-bottomed boat).Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they...

View of two boats amidst the water buttercup, or crowfoot (ranunculus aquatilis), in flower, growing in the Marshes.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of...

View of two of Wilfred Thesiger's canoe-boys (named Hasan bin Manati and Sabaiti bin Lazim), paddling a canoe.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of...

View of palm trees at Fuhud on the River Gharraf, a tributary of the Euphrates. In the foreground are two boys, one in a boat and the other sitting on...

Exterior view of the mudhif (guest house) belonging to Zair Hashim Bidin of the Al Hasan tribe, with a man standing outside the doorway.Due to the nature of these images,...

Interior view of the mudhif (guest house) belonging to Zair Hashim Bidin of the Al Hasan tribe, with people sitting along the walls.Due to the nature of these images, prints...