Thesiger Collection

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. Three of...

View of a date palm grove near Al Khandaq Fort in Al Buraimi Oasis. Musallim bin Al Kamam, a sheikh of the Musaifar lineage of Rashid Bedouin and one of...

Two boys with donkeys near Seiyun.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 members of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party butchering an Arabian oryx in the Wadi Katabit. This oryx was likely shot by Muhammad bin Shuas, one of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin...

Landscape of a valley floor covered in tufts of dry vegetation near Wadi Shalhamit, in the region between Wadi Shalhamit and Wadi Khawat [image out of focus].Due to the nature...

Wilfred Thesiger's party making camp in the Wadi al 'Ayn.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they...

View of locals strolling through a suq (market) in the city of Sharjah. In the foreground three men walk through a market aisle across a number of large pieces of...

View of trees and bushes growing between farmers' fields in a valley near the village of Thurayban. In the distance mountains rise in the background.Due to the nature of these...

Portrait of Salim bin Kabina, a tribesman of the Bayt Imani lineage of Rashid Bedouin and one of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling companions, sitting on the ground in the Wadi al...

View of the mountain Jabal Dhahran.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 a group of Rashid Bedouin at a well in the region surrounding Kuwait City. In the central foreground men are using ropes and pulleys to get water from...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party travelling from Khawr bin 'Atarit well in the Ghanim Sands to the Ramlat al Ghafah.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any...

View of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party leading his camel through a gap between two high dunes in the 'Uruq ash Shaybah. The 'Uruq ash Shaybah dunes are...

Full length portrait of a boy at a well near the town of Al Qunfidhah.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or...

View overlooking Al Kharbah, a caravan halting place in the lower Wadi 'Aydim. In the distant foreground a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party walks through a clump of trees...

Stern view of a dhow (sailboat) moored along the shore of Bahrain Island. A dhow, possibly a j?lb?t [jalboot], is moored facing into the far distance. In the distance two...

Seated portrait of one of Wilfred Thesiger's Arab guides on a stoney plain below Jebel Hafeet [Jabal Hafit] mountain. The man kneels in stoney ground, resting his hands on his...

View of a family of Sahul Bedouin unloading their camels at the Ar Rumhiya wells near Ar Riyadh. In the foreground a man and a woman unload a large camel....

Mountain landscape at Jallat al Mawt. In the foreground a hut made from plant material.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party camping at Jabal Buwaydah, a long low mountain below Jebel Kawr. In the foreground a member of Wilfred Thesiger's party stands beside a camel in...