Thesiger Collection

Portrait of a boy of the Khawlan Bedouin at Suq 'Ayban market under Jabal Fayfa.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party resting on a dune in the Ramlat as Sahmah. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party riding through the Wadi Sayfam near Jebel Kawr. In the near distance a large party of riders travels across a gravel plain towards low...

View of firewood traders and buyers at an open air market in the city of Sabya. In the right foreground amounts of firewood are stacked in piles on the ground....

View of sandy excavations in the city of Tarim. In the distance palm trees grow along the bottom of the mountain slopes that surround Tarim. In the far distance a...

Close up profile portrait of a thoroughbred Omani camel belonging to Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan in the Al Khatam sands near Al Ain. The camel has thin short...

View of sailors on a dhow (sailboat) travelling through the Persian Gulf from Dubai to Bahrain Island. On the right three men stand at the side of the ship. Two...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party trekking through the region of the Wadi al 'Ayn. Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions walk in a line, leading their camels around a low sand...

Portrait of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party riding a camel in the Jiddat al Harasis, during the party's journey from Boi well to Yisub well. Due to the...

Portrait of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party resting in the Ramlat al Ghirbaniyat (Ghirbaniyat Sands). In the foreground a Bedouin man stands with two camels that are couched...

Portrait of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party riding a camel in the Sharqiyah Sands.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear...

View of a group of boys being paraded around Baydayn village by a crowd of supporters prior to the boys' circumcision.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce...

View of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party standing on a dune in Al Batin sands during their journey across the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali) from Al Dhafra...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party camping in the sands during the party's journey from Jabal Sumeini to the port city of Sharjah. Five men sit in the sand next to...

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 two boys in the lower Wadi Damad region, east of Sabya. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage...

Portrait of a boy at Umm al Khashab. He is wearing a hat made from palm fronds.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age,...

Wilfred Thesiger's party hauling water from a well in the Wadi al 'Ayn. On the right Hamad [also known as Hamad al Mahri], a tribesman of the Mahra Bedouin, lifts...

Group portrait of a boy and two toddlers at a suq (market) in the city of Lawdar in Abyan Governorate. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce...

View of camels belonging to Wilfred Thesiger's party watering at a falaj (irrigation channel) at the southern end of Jabal Hafit, near Al Qabil. A line of camels are couched...