Thesiger Collection

View of a street in the city of Lawdar in Abyan Governorate. In the left foreground a few donkeys feed beside a building. On the right a young boy stands...

Standing three-quarter length portrait of Mahalhal bin 'Ati, one of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin guides, taken during the party's journey from Ramlat al Ghirbaniyat to Furai well. Mahalhal bin 'Ati, a...

View of an Arab family with two camels in rocky terrain near the village of As Sayl al Kabir. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party attending their camels in the Al Batin sands, near Liwa oasis. One of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions attends to baggage loaded on a couched camel...

View of a family of Bayt Kathir Bedouin from the Bayt Gidad lineage in the Wadi Haluf. In the foreground the Bayt Gidad family crowds around a man, possibly one...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party trekking across dunes in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali) during the party's journey from Jaladah plain to Bani Ma'arid sands. Due to the...

Half length portrait of a fisherman at Shindagha beach in Dubai. A fisherman wearing a ripped and worn shirt stands holding onto a wooden beam. Behind him a leather bag...

Three-quarter standing portrait of a boy of the Wahiba Bedouin at Buraymah well in the Wadi Halfayn. In the foreground a boy stands facing forward, holding his arms at his...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party during their journey through the Jol from Fughmah to Ghayl bin Yamayn.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age,...

Portrait of a Bedouin man in Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party at a well in the Ghanim Sands, in the region between Khasfah well and Matki well. Three camels stand behind...

View of the square in front of the Sultan's Palace in the city of Shibam in Wadi Hadhramawt. In the foreground a donkey walks toward a well in the middle...

Wilfred Thesiger's party near the Ad Dibin palm groves.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were...

Portrait of a boy at Seiyun.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were archived by the...

View of Bedouin men camping at Ma' Shadid well in the Wadi Ghudun. In the right foreground a group of men and their couched camels rest in the sand beside...

Portrait of Salim bin Kabina, a tribesman of the Bayt Imani lineage of Rashid Bedouin and a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, standing on low sand dunes in the...

View of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party leading three camels through the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali), during the party's journey from Jaladah plain to Bani Ma'arid sands....

View of an abra (ferry boat) in Dubai Creek. In the left foreground an abra is beached at the side of Dubai Creek. Nearby an oarsman sits in his cloth...

View of three camels belonging to Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party in the Al Dhafra sands during the party's journey to Baynunah. In the right foreground a large scraggly bush grows...

View of tower houses built of rammed earth in the town of Dhahran. Square tower houses with small windows sit behind enclosed courtyards. In the foreground rocks lie in the...

View of a man and a boy walking on a street in front of a large fortress or village wall in a town near Rumah wells. Due to the nature...