Thesiger Collection

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...

View of buildings sitting along the foot of a rocky escarpment in the Wadi Hadhramawt, likely in the Al Qatan region.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce...

Seated portrait of an Arab man, a falconer in Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting party, at a Manasir encampment in the Al Khatam sands near Al Ain. A...

Wilfred Thesiger's party near the Ad Dibin palm groves. In the distance beyond a fort sits high on the far slopes of the valley.Due to the nature of these images,...

View of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party in Al Humrah sands during their journey to Umm az Zumul. In the foreground the crest of a low dune rises...

Close up portrait of a tribesman of the Junuba Bedouin, possibly a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, in Al Muwaiji near Al Muwaiji Fort in Al Ain oasis. A...

Standing full length portrait of two Qara tribesmen in the Jabal Qara mountains. Two men stand in the foreground in a field of grass. The man on the left is...