Thesiger Collection

View of members of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party descending a sand dune in the desert of the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali).Due to the nature of these images, prints will...

A palm grove at Ghayl bin Yamayn.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were archived by...

View of two tall multi-storey buildings in the Wadi Hadhramawt near Seiyun. The building on the right has been decorated with ornamental lime plaster.Due to the nature of these images,...

View of coral and 'arish huts in Dubai. In the foreground two people walk past high stacks of coral sitting in the sand. Behind them a compound of 'arish huts,...

Full length portrait of Muhammad bin Kalut, a tribesman of the Bayt Imani lineage of Rashid Bedouin and a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, taken during the party's journey...

Portrait of Wilfred Thesiger sitting on a gravel plain during his journey from Yisub well to Wadi Darbat in the Jabal Qara mountains. He is holding a camel stick and...

Side view of a distant boom, a large double masted dhow (sailboat) built in Kuwait, in the Persian Gulf between Dubai Emirate and Bahrain Island. The boom flies three sails,...

View of a group of loaded camels belonging to a family of Sahul Bedouin at the Ar Rumhiya wells near Ar Riyadh. All the camels wear saddles and are heavily...

Portrait of Salim bin Kabina, a tribesman of the Bayt Imani lineage of Rashid Bedouin and one of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling companions, sitting on the ground in the Wadi al...

Four men and a boy sitting inside a house in Bal Qarn tribal territory in the region between Jabal Harfa and the Wadi Shaybanah. A hearth with a row of...

Seated portrait of Wilfred Patrick Thesiger in the region west of the Hamrat ad Duru. Wilfred Thesiger kneels in the sand, holding a camel stick in one hand which is...

Standing full length portrait of a young Arab falconer, a member of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting party, holding a peregrine falcon in Al Khatam sands near Jebel...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party resting with their camels on a sand flat in the Jiddat az Zawliyah, east of the Ramlat as Sahmah.Due to the nature of these images,...

Half length seated portrait of Salim bin Kabina, one of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling companions, in the region surrounding Al Ain / Buraimi Oasis. Salim bin Kabina, a tribesman of the...

Seated portrait of two tribesmen of the Manasir Bedouin at their encampment in the Baynunah sands. On the left a teenaged boy sits in front of a large thick bush...

Standing full length profile portrait of Sahail bin Tahi, a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, on a sand dune during the party's journey from Al Ain to Liwa oasis,...

View of sand dunes in the region between the Wadi al 'Ayn and the Ramlat al Ghirbaniyat (Ghirbaniyat Sands). A few dots of vegetation grow on the dunes.Due to the...

Portrait of an Omani man, one of Wilfred Thesiger's bodyguards, near Kismim Pass in the Jabal Qara mountains. An Arab man, a retainer to the Wali of Salalah, stands to...

Seated portrait of Wilfred Thesiger and Salim bin Kabina at the southern end of Jabal Hafit (Jebel Hafeet), near Al Qabil. Wilfred Thesiger (left) and Salim bin Kabina (right), a...

View of a narrow street in Fez.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were archived by...