Thesiger Collection

View of two Bedouin men in Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party watering camels at Yisub well, in the mountains near the southern coast.Due to the nature of these images, prints will...

View of the Sheikh Saad tombs at Mudayy. Two small tombs with domed roofs sit in the distance on a flat gravel wadi. Behind the tombs a rocky hill rises...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party trekking through Al Dhafra sands during their journey across the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali) from Dhibi well to Al Batin sands. Parallel chains...

Landscape in Humum country east of Al Mukalla in the region of Wadi Madi.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage...

View of a mountain dwelling belonging to people from one of the Qara tribes in the Jabal Qara Mountains. In the near distance a man stands at the mouth of...

View of vegetation and bushes growing in the Wadi Hali. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before...

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

Portrait of three young boys, named Munzuk [Murzuk], Erzek and Merzik, of the Bayt Kathir Bedouin sitting on stony ground at Habarut wells. They are the sons of Nura, a...

View of a plain bordered by sheer-sided dunes in Al Batin sands in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali). In the foreground a line of footsteps leads off to the...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party trekking through Al Batin sands during their journey across the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali) from Al Dhafra sands to Liwa oasis. Members of...

Portrait of an Utaybah Bedouin family watering their sheep at Al Qaiyah well. Two men and two boys stand in front of the well, which is covered with a wooden...

View of a group of Qara tribesmen resting in the downs below Kismim Pass in the Jabal Qara mountains. A group of men rest together near a stand of trees...

Portrait of an Arab falconer, a retainer in Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting party, riding a camel with a falcon in the sands surrounding Al Ain. A falconer...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party trekking through Al Batin sands during their journey across the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali) from Al Dhafra sands to Liwa oasis. Three members...

Portrait of two Sahul Bedouin drawing water from one of the Rumah wells. Two men haul water from a rock-lined well using ropes and pulleys. Behind them a herd of...

Half length portrait of a man at Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's Al Muwaiji fort in Al Ain. A man wearing a headscarf (ghutra) topped with a thick agal...

Portrait of a boy of the Bayt Kathir Bedouin at Ma' Shadid well in Dhofar.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or...

Group portrait of a crowd of men and a boy standing at the suq (market) in the village of Al Makhwah.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce...

View of a round stone watchtower at Jazirat Al Hamra in Ras Al Khaimah Emirate. In the foreground one of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions stands to the left of a...

Portrait of two Arab boys at the open air market in the town of Qalat Bishah. The boy at the centre is scratching his teath, while the boy on the...