Thesiger Collection

View of a sabkha (salt flat) in Al Batin sands in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali). A bush grows in a sand depression in the foreground at the right....

View of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin travelling party watering camels at Ma' Shadid well in Dhofar. They are resting on rocks. A camel stands in the left foreground.Due to the nature...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party trekking with their camels in the Ghanim Sands during the party's journey from Mughshin Oasis to Khawr bin 'Atarit well. Due to the nature of...

Portrait of a herds 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...

Standing portrait of a teenaged boy from one of the Qara tribes in the Jabal Qara mountains. The boy stands in the foreground wearing a khanjar (dagger) over his wraparound...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party resting in the plains below the Jabal Qara mountains, near Salalah. In the foreground Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin guides rest in camp in the middle of...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party near Baiman during their journey between the city of Abha and the village of 'Ar'arah. The men have paused at the top of a...

Group portrait of five men from the Manahil Bedouin tribe, part of a raiding party, at Huliyah well. The men are sitting in a line, wearing blankets and holding rifles....

View of two members of Wilfred Thesiger's party sitting on their camels in the Ramlat as Sahmah. The camels are grazing on a bush in the midst of a large...

Seated portrait of a tribesman of the Rashid Bedouin at Muhammad's encampment near Bir al Tawil in the Ramlat ar Rabbad. This man is a son of Muhammad, a sheikh...

Portrait of Muhammad al Auf, a tribesman of the Bayt Mbarik lineage of Rashid Bedouin, sitting amongst flowering tribulus plants in the 'Uruq ash Shaybah.Due to the nature of these...

Bedouin watering their camels at Bir Thamud well. Two men are in the foreground and behind them a number of camels wait for water.Due to the nature of these images,...

View of thick vegetation growing at Al Kharbah, a caravan halting place in the lower Wadi 'Aydim. This vegetation is the result of recent rain. In the distance trees grow...

Group portrait of Arab men and boys standing in a line in the town of Ash Shuqaiq. In the background a few huts sit at the top of a sandy...

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...

Mountain landscape at Jabal Fayfa.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 Pitt...

View of men with a herd of goats and sheep standing in a crowd of locals from the 'Amara tribe at the Suq ath Thulutha market.Due to the nature of...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party trekking across dunes in Al Humrah sands during their journey to Umm az Zumul. Three of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions trek in a line across...

Full length portrait of two Arab men standing in the sand in front of a beached boat in Ash Shihr.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party resting beside bushes in the Ramlat al Ghirbaniyat (Ghirbaniyat Sands).Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear...