Thesiger Collection

Group portrait of Arab children standing in front of a stone wall in the city of Abha. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of...

View of mountainous landscape in the area of Jabal Dhahran or the Bani Malik Mountains.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or...

Portrait of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party gathering water from a well at the southern end of Jabal Hafit (Jebel Hafeet). In the foreground four men stand in a well that...

Standing portrait of an Arab man at a suq (market) in the city of Ad Dali'. The man is smoking a long pipe. In the background people stand with their...

Portrait of a young man of the Qahtan Bedouin in the region between Jabal Dhahran and the town of Dhahran, near the Yemen Border. He is pouring coffee into little...

Seated portrait of Wilfred Thesiger taken by an unknown photographer in the region surrounding Al Ain / Buraimi Oasis. Wilfred Thesiger kneels in the sand, resting his hands on his...

View of a mosque at Al Muwaiji Fort, then the home of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan. A low, flat-roofed square mosque with a walled terrace and arched entranceways...

View of small dhows (sailboats) and other small craft beached along the shore at the harbour in Kuwait City. Small children play in the water between the boats.Due to the...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party resting in shade cast by a cluster of trees in the Sharqiyah Sands. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs...

Portrait of a woman of the Sa'ar Bedouin filling a water skin at Manwakh well. She is wearing a silver belt around her waist and a number of necklaces and...

Portrait of a peregrine falcon (shahin), belonging to Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting party, resting in the sands near Al Ain. A hooded peregrine falcon perches on a...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party riding through rolling sands in the Ramlat al Ghirbaniyat (Ghirbaniyat Sands). Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of...

View of a crumbling wall of the ruined fort at Shisr well.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred...

View of Qasr Ibrahim fort in the town of Al Hofuf in Al Hasa Oasis. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear...

Full length portrait of an Arab man standing in a sandy clearing near the town of Qalat Bishah. He wears a large white robe and carries a cane. Due to...

A village in the Wadi Baysh with round huts.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party riding across flat sands in the Ramlat al Ghirbaniyat (Ghirbaniyat Sands). In the distance a large dune rises high above the sands. Due to the...

Full length portrait of an Arab man, one of Wilfred Thesiger's guides, standing with Ghazala ('the gazelle'), a famous thoroughbred Batina camel, during the party's journey from Jabal Sumeini to...

Portrait of a young man of the Bin Maaruf lineage of Sa'ar Bedouin at Manwakh well. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age,...

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...