Thesiger Collection

Seated portrait of one of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's falconers holding a falcon at Al Muwaiji Fort. A man wearing a light-coloured thobe (long shirt) kneels on the...

View looking down from a high cliff into Wadi Ghabartan. In the distance below large flat stones lie along the bottom of the wadi.Due to the nature of these images,...

Group of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin travelling party watering camels at Ma' Shadid well in Dhofar. They are sitting on rocks. In the foreground a camel is drinking from a bowl.Due...

View of vegetation growing on a vast flat in the Wadi al 'Ayn and Wadi al 'Umayri watershed, along the eastern side of Jebel Kawr. In the foreground trees grow...

Seated portrait of three Utaybah Bedouin men resting in the sand at one of the Rumah wells. In the left background a man on a camel stands next to another...

Standing three-quarter length portrait of a boy of the Bayt Kathir Bedouin in the region west of the Hamrat ad Duru. The boy stands looking forward, his body turned slightly...

Portrait of traders at a suq (market) in the city of Ad Dali'. In the foreground two traders haggle while onlookers stand around the men. In the background stone buildings...

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...

Mahra Bedouin watering their camels 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...

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

View of the main gate into the walled city of Shibam in Wadi Hadhramawt. In the distance locals walk in front of the large gate through the Shibam city wall....

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party camping in the Jiddat al Harasis during the party's journey from Boi well to Yisub well. Due to the nature of these images, prints...

The fort at Najran.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 Pitt Rivers...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party trekking through the Ramlat ar Rabbad sands. Three of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions lead their camels along the side of a sand dune. Two...

View of two sambuks (sailboats) beached in shallow water beached at Al Ma'ala harbour in the city of Aden. In the background buildings and boats line the far shore. Due...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party pausing with their camels in the Ghanim Sands during the party's journey from Mughshin Oasis to Khawr bin 'Atarit well. Due to the nature of...

Mountain landscape near Harub village.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 Pitt...

A member of Wilfred Thesiger's party on his camel at Dahal.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before...

Portrait of a boy of the Sa'ar Bedouin at Manwakh well. He is standing on one leg and is wearing a fur jacket.Due to the nature of these images, prints...

View of terraced fields built into a mountain slope in the region between the village of 'Ar'arah and Jabal Mana' in the Al Hijar mountains. Due to the nature of...