Thesiger Collection

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 a man and a herd of cattle standing amongst small domed huts at Shehara cattle camp on the Jarbayb Plain. The camp is made up of domed huts...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party at a well in the plains below Hamrat ad Duru, during the party's journey from Masruq well to Al Hubi village. In the left foreground...

Portrait of men at a suq (market) in the city of Ad Dali'. In the central foreground a group of Arab men stand in an open air market in a...

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

View of an abra (ferry boat) launch at Dubai Creek. In the foreground oarsmen wait for passengers in covered abra (ferries), which are docked at a ferry boat launch at...

View of one of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin guides beside a tumulus burial mound in a wadi near Mudayy. The man sits in profile on a camel to the left of...

View of two men standing in a field in the Raydat as Say'ar region, north of the Wadi Hadhramawt. In the background of a cluster of buildings sit atop a...

View of a group of Bedouin men sitting on piled sand beside a well in Wadi Khawat. The older man on the far left is a tribesman of the Bayt...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party trekking through Al Batin sands during their journey across the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali) from Al Dhafra sands to Liwa oasis. Members of...

Portrait of two boys at the village of Ash Shuqaiq.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they...

Portrait of Salim bin Kabina, a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, resting the Al Batin sands near Liwa oasis. Salim bin Kabina, a tribesman of the Bayt Imani lineage...

View of people walking towards the gateway into the city of Al Mukalla.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that...

View of sailors on the deck of a dhow (sailboat) travelling through the Persian Gulf from Dubai to Bahrain Island. In the left foreground a man stands on the deck...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party in the Al Batin sands during their journey across the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali) from Al Dhafra sands to Liwa oasis. A member...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party in the Ramlat al Ghirbaniyat (Ghirbaniyat Sands). In the foreground a man walks toward a group of saddled and loaded camels resting beside a...

Full length portrait of Bil Ghaith, one of Wilfred Thesiger's Hejaz guides, during a journey from the town of Najran to the town of Badr. Bil Ghaith, a teenaged boy...

View of camel in a wadi bed in the region between Dahal well and Qabr Hud well.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age,...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's sailing companions aboard a dhow (sailboat) in the Abu Dhabi islands. A number of men and boys rest on the deck of a sailing boat. At...

Portrait of a man of the Mahra Bedouin in the Wadi al Jiz' near its junction with Wadi Mahrat.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs...