Thesiger Collection

Portrait of Hamad bin Saadna (known by Wilfred Thesiger as Hamad bin Hanna), a tribesman of the Bayt Hanna lineage of Rashid Bedouin in the Ramlat ar Rabbad. He kneels...

Wilfred Thesiger's party in a wadi near Qabr Hud.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were...

View of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's party standing below high dunes in the sands of the 'Uruq ash Shaybah.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any...

Portrait of two boys of the Humum Bedouin.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were archived...

Portrait of an Arab man with his daughter in the Wadi Amq.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred...

View of one of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling companions near Baiman during the party's journey from the city of Abha to the village of 'Ar'arah. A man stands in the near...

Portrait of a teenaged boy of the Qara tribe kneeling in sand at a pool in the Wadi Darbat.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs...

View of Salim bin Kabina, a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, in Al Humrah sands during the party's journey to Umm az Zumul. Salim bin Kabina, a tribesman of...

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...

View of Sa'ar Bedouin watering at Manwakh well. In the foreground a man stands beside a hawd, a wood and leather trough. Behind a crowd of people using ropes and...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party resting with their camels in the Ghanim Sands during the party's journey from Mughshin Oasis to Khawr bin 'Atarit well. The camels are grazing on...

Portrait of two Bedouin men in Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party sitting at a campfire in the Wadi 'Andam, west of Qabil al Bu Said village. Salim bin Kabina, a tribesman...

Half length seated portrait of an elder tribesman of the Wahiba Bedouin in the Wadi Halfayn. The man wears a light coloured thobe (shirt) and leans on a camel stick.Due...

Portrait of a Bedouin boy in the Wadi 'Itwad.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were...

View of the stone watchtower at Al Maqta, a ford between Abu Dhabi and the mainland. In the near distance a tall circular stone watchtower sits in the middle of...

Portrait of a girl of the Sa'ar Bedouin holding an empty water skin at Manwakh well. She is wearing a silver belt around her waist and a number of necklaces...

View of tall buildings in the city of Seiyun, with a group of camels resting in a square in the foreground.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party at a sabkha in Al Humrah sands during the party's journey to Umm az Zumul. In the near left one of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin...

Portrait of a man of the Manahil Bedouin at Fughmah.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they...

View of a street lined with tall buildings in the city of Seiyun.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that...