Thesiger Collection

Portrait of a man and woman of the Wahiba Bedouin at a well in the Sharqiyah Sands. They are each lowering a rope into the well. Due to the nature...

View of a camel caravan camped at the city gates of Al Mukalla. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage...

Portrait of a Bedouin man, a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, in the lower Wadi 'Aydim.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age,...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party trekking across dunes near Umm az Zumul well. In the foreground large bushes grow in a depression at the bottom of a dune. Further beyond...

View of a Qara cattle camp in the downs below Kismim Pass in the Jabal Qara mountains. In the near distance people from one of the Qara tribes stand at...

Portrait of a man of the Yam tribe taken by Wilfred Thesiger during his journey from the town of Najran to the town of Badr. Due to the nature of...

Portrait of Salim bin Tamtaim, a leader in Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, standing with two Harasis Bedouin men at Boi well. Salim bin Tamtaim, a sheikh of the Bayt Ghuwas...

Side view of a kotia, a large double masted dhow (sailboat) from India, moored at Bahrain Island. A kotia sits in choppy water, its bow pointing to the right and...

Seated half length portrait of Salim bin Habarut, a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, taken during the party's journey from Ramlat al Ghirbaniyat to Furai well. Salim bin Habarut,...

View of a ruined watchtower on the shore in the town of Ras Al Khaimah. In the foreground a rolled up fishing net lies on the sand. Further beyond a...

View of a settlement near the village of Sawda. In the foreground a rock wall runs alongside a gravelly road leading through fields to a cluster of buildings in the...

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...

Seated half length portrait of a tribesman of the Manasir Bedouin in Al Khatam sands near Al Ain. An older man with a thick grey goatee sits facing forward in...

Standing half length portrait of a boy of the Sahul Bedouin at the Ar Rumhiya wells near Ar Riyadh. In the far background a few camels rest in the sand...

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...