Thesiger Collection

Portrait of a teenaged boy of the Bani Malik tribe in the Bani Malik Mountains. He is wearing a garland of sweet herbs in his hair and carries a water...

Wilfred Thesiger's party at a settlement at Fughmah.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were archived...

Wilfred Thesiger's party at the Khawr bin 'Atarit well, north of Mughshin in the Ghanim Sands. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age,...

Portrait of a boy of the Bayt Kathir Bedouin at Ma' Shadid well in Dhofar.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or...

View of tall buildings clustered behind the city walls in Shibam.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party crossing high sand dunes in the region of the 'Uruq ash Shaybah in the Rub' al Khali (Empty Quarter). The 'Uruq ash Shaybah dunes are...

View of one of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali) in the region between Khaur Sabkha well and Khaba well. A man stands in a...

View of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party at a Bani Yas palm grove and settlement near Radum in Liwa oasis. In the foreground one of Wilfred Thesiger's Rashid...

The market at Abha with buildings in the background.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were...

Portrait of three members of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party sitting with water skins at Ma' Shadid well in Dhofar. Salim bin Tamtaim, sheikh of the Bayt Ghuwas lineage of Bayt...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party at a well in Wadi Musallim. In the foreground Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions are unloading their camels. Behind them a line of tree grows...

Portrait of a boy of the Bayt Kathir Bedouin in Dhofar.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party trekking across a flat plain parallel to the Wadi Umm al Hayt.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of...

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

Portrait of three members of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party hauling water from Furai well in the Sharqiyah Sands. Three men stand around the opening of a well. On the left...

View of houses at Ghayl bin Yamayn in the Hadhramawt, with palm trees in the distance.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear...

View of the city of Seiyun and the mountain beyond.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they...

Three-quarter length portrait of two Duru women and a child at a well north of Al Ain. Two women and a child stand in the sand beside a wooden post...

Half length portrait of Salim bin Kabina, one of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling companions, at a well in the Wadi al 'Ayn. Salim bin Kabina, a tribesman of the Bayt Imani...

Portrait of two boys of the Mahra Bedouin in the Jabal Qara mountains.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that...