Thesiger Collection

Portrait of two boys and a man of the Manahil Bedouin in the Jol region between Fughmah and Ghayl bin Yamayn.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce...

View of desert landscape in the Ramlat ar Rabbad sands. Tufts of qassis (sedge) and other vegetation dot the rolling surface of a large sand dune. The sand dune rises...

Portrait of Hamad bin Saadna (known by Wilfred Thesiger as Hamad bin Hanna), a tribesman of the Bayt Hanna lineage of Rashid Bedouin, in the Ramlat ar Rabbad sands. Hamad...

Portrait of a boy of the Sa'ar Bedouin crouching on the ground in the Raydat as Say'ar. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of...

Portrait of a man from one of the Qara tribes standing next to a flowering bush near Kismim Pass in the Jabal Qara mountains. Due to the nature of these...

View of sand dunes in the region between Jaladah plain and the Bani Ma'arid sands in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali). Due to the nature of these images, prints...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling companions watering camels at a well near Sharjah city during the party's journey from Jabal Sumeini to Sharjah. A number of men and camels crowd...

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...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party watering camels at a well during the party's journey from Jabal Buwaydah to the town of Al Qabil. Due to the nature of these images,...

View of two of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions in sand dunes in Al Khatam sands. In the near distance one man walks up a large bare dune, towards a second...

Portrait of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party riding a camel in the Wadi 'Andam. The rider is the party's guide, a tribesman of the Wahiba Bedouin. Due to...

View of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party standing in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali) during the party's journey from Jaladah plain to Bani Ma'arid sands. In the...

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....

Portrait of a boy 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...

Portrait of a boy of the Bayt Musan Bedouin in the region between Shisr well and Mughshin Oasis. The boy is standing and holding a metal bow. Due to the...

View of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin travelling party standing amongst vegetation near Bir Thamud well. This vegetation is the result of recent rain.Due to the nature of these...

View of a dhow (sailboat) in Dubai Creek. In the distance many men sit on the deck of a dhow (sailboat) sailing through Dubai Creek. On the far bank one...

Portrait of a boy of the Yam tribe, taken in the region surrounding the town of Najran.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age,...

Portrait of a teenaged boy of the Qahtan Bedouin in the region between Jabal Dhahran and the town of Dhahran, near the Yemen Border.Due to the nature of these images,...

Men and boys at a well in a village in the lower Wadi Damad region, east of Sabya. Three people with donkeys at the well. Huts in the background.Due to...