Thesiger Collection

View of the city of Shibam in the Wadi Hadhramawt. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before...

View of a man and a boy threshing wheat with a pair of yoked cows. In the background sits the city of Abha. Due to the nature of these images,...

View of a large sand dune in the Ramlat ar Rabbad sands. In the near distance a Bedouin man, a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, rests at the bottom...

Seated portrait of a tribesman of the Rashid Bedouin at Muhammad's encampment near Bir al Tawil in the Ramlat ar Rabbad. Wilfred Thesiger and his men stayed with Muhammad, a...

View of a large stone building in the city of Ad Dali'. Ornamental stonework decorates the face of a tall stone building in the foreground. The building is two or...

View of livestock traders at a suq (market) in the city of Ad Dali'. In the central foreground two men carrying rifles stand with their cattle in the midst of...

Half length portrait of Musallim bin Al Kamam, a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, taken at or near Al Maghar well. Musallim bin Al Kamam is a sheikh of...

Portrait of Salim bin Kabina, a tribesman of the Bayt Imani lineage of Rashid Bedouin and one of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling companions, kneeling in the sand in Wadi Halfayn. Salim...

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 graveyard in the city of Seiyun. In the distance buildings crowd around the foot of a high rock promontory. In the left background the Sultan Al Kathiri...

View of traders at a suq (market) in the city of Ad Dali'. In the foreground customers mill amongst traders sitting on the ground with large bags of merchandise. In...

View of a herd of cattle standing in front of Shehara cattle camp on the Jarbayb Plain. The camp is made up of small domed huts that appear to blend...

View of Bedouin men hauling water from the well of Ma' Shadid in the Wadi Ghudun. A number of Bedouin men gather around Ma' Shadid well. At the centre one...

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 during the party's journey...

Seated group portrait of three Wahiba Bedouin boys in the Wadi Halfayn. Three young Wahiba boys kneel in a line on a rug lying in the sand. Each boy wears...

View of the Shindagha district from the Bur Dubai side of Dubai Creek. In the foreground a man walks past an abra (ferry boat) with a cloth canopy sitting in...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party making camp at Furai well in Sharqiyah Sands. Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions and their camels rest on a vast flat plain beside a clump of...

Full length portrait of a teenaged boy of the Sa'ar Bedouin standing in a field in the Raydat as Say'ar. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce...

View of a salt flat in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali) in Al Batin sands region. A large salt flat (sabkha) dotted with sparse tufts of vegetation stretches from...

View of a mountain dwelling belonging to people from one of the Qara tribes in the Jabal Qara Mountains. A large cave opens onto a steeply sloping hillside. Tribesmen of...