Thesiger Collection

View of an abandoned building at Sabya al Jadid, the old Idrisi capital. The square building is one storey tall, and its facade is covered with carved ornamental plaster work....

View of a sand dune and a date palm grove in Liwa oasis. A sand dune lies in the foreground, dotted with vegetation. In the salt flat (sabkha) beyond a...

View of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party riding in desert sands during the party's journey from the Wadi al 'Ayn to the Ramlat al Ghirbaniyat (Ghirbaniyat Sands). In...

A camel at Mughshin Oasis with its forelegs bound together. Other camels are couched to the sides.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age,...

Standing full length portrait of a tribesman in Wadi Jarsis in the Jabal Qara mountains. A tribesman from one of the Al Kathir Bedouin tribes stands in a patch of...

Half length seated portrait of a tribesman of the Wahiba Bedouin, one of Wilfred Thesiger's guides, in the Wadi Halfayn. The man has a thick dark beard and wears a...

Portrait of a young man of the 'Ifaar Bedouin at the Habarut wells.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that...

Seated profile portrait of Muhammad, a sheikh of the Rashid Bedouin, in his encampment in the Ramlat ar Rabbad sands near Bir al Tawil. Muhammad, an elderly man with a...

View of scattered vegetation growing amongst sand dunes in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali) in the region between Jaladah plain and the Bani Ma'arid sands.Due to the nature of...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party resting under ghaf trees north of Al Ain oasis. Three of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling companions rest with a camel in the shade of two tall...

View of an Utaybah Bedouin family with their sheep at Al Qaiyah well. In the background a herd of camels stands on the dry flat plain. Due to the nature...

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

Portrait of two women helping with the grain harvest in the city of Tarim. They are wearing high conical hats. In the background a few palm trees grow in a...

Portrait of a Qahtan prisoner at Jallat al Mawt in Wadi Dab'ah.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred...

Group portrait of Arab teenaged boys and children in the city of Abha. In the background a man in uniform leans against a stone wall.Due to the nature of these...

Portrait of a man and boy of the Duru Bedouin sitting in a camp near the Wadi Samhan. A middle-aged tribesman of the Duru Bedouin with a long thick beard...

Side view of a boom, a large double masted dhow (sailboat) built in Kuwait, moored along the shore of Bahrain Island. In the foreground a moored boom sits in calm...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party trekking along a mountain path in the mountainous region between the town of Ad Dhafir and Jabal Baydan.Due to the nature of these images,...

View of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling saddling camels during the party's journey from Manwakh well to B'ir Tamis well. Three camels are couched in the sand beside a...

Standing half length portrait of Muhammad bin Fadil, a falconer in Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting party, with a peregrine falcon in Al Khatam sands near Al Ain....