Thesiger Collection

Wilfred Thesiger's party resting under a tree in the Wadi al Jiz', near its junction with Wadi Mahrat.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of...

Mountain landscape at Jabal Fayfa. Fields have been built in terraces onto the mountainside.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage...

View of terraced fields in a valley in the region north of the city of Ad Dali' in Ad Dali' Governorate. On the left a large square stone building sits...

Standing full length portrait of a boy holding two rifles at a well near the town of Qalat Bishah. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any...

The harbour at Al Mukalla. Dhows on the water. The town can be seen in the background. Mountains rising behind.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any...

View of a pair of archways at a ruined mosque on Jarbayb plain, near the city of Salalah.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of...

View of a village in the Bani Malik tribal region between 'Aqabat ash Sha'ar pass and the city of Abha. In the foreground trees grow along the edge of a...

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...

View of crowds at the suq (market) in the town of Al Hofuf in Al Hasa Oasis. In the foreground a date seller stands in the middle of a street,...

Portrait of a boy in the Wadi Hali near the village of Baydayn.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that...

Group portrait of sailors hoisting sails on a dhow (sailboat) travelling through the Persian Gulf from Dubai to Bahrain Island. A group of sailors stand in a line on the...

View of two of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions at a fort in Al Ain / Al Buraimi oasis. In the foreground two Bedouin men walk towards a large fort with...

Full length portrait of a young girl and boy standing in front of a well in the Al Qatan region, just west of Shibam. The girl is wearing a tall...

Full-length portrait of a tribesman of the Rashid Bedouin at Muhammad's encampment in the Ramlat ar Rabbad sands near Bir al Tawil. The man is standing on a sand dune,...

A boy 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 by the...

View of water sellers loading their donkeys with filled water skins in front of a building in Kuwait City. At this time fresh water was imported to Kuwait by boat....

Portrait of a young man of the Sa'ar Bedouin sitting on the ground in the Raydat as Say'ar. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs...

Close up portrait of an Arab boy in Ash Shuqaiq village. A group of boys and young men crowd around behind him.Due to the nature of these images, prints will...

Stern view of a boom, a large double masted dhow (sailboat) built in Kuwait, moored along the shore of Bahrain Island. A boom sits in calm water rippled by gentle...

Portrait of a boy of the Yam tribe at the settlement of Badr.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that...