Thesiger Collection

Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party camping at Kismim Pass in the Jabal Qara mountains.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that...

Looking out from an enclosure into the landscape in Yam tribal territory, outside Najran. Palm trees on the left and in the background.Due to the nature of these images, prints...

Half length portrait of a tribesman of the Junuba Bedouin, possibly a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, in Al Muwaiji near Al Muwaiji Fort in Al Ain oasis. A...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party crossing a gravel plain near the wells in Wadi Shalhamit, twenty miles due west of Habarut. In the distance beyond low hills run along...

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 holding a coffee-pot and...

View of a ruined watchtower on the shore in the town of Ras Al Khaimah. In the foreground fishing nets are spread out to dry on the sand. On the...

Wilfred Thesiger's party camping in the Wadi Madi on the journey to Al Mukalla.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage...

View of terraced fields stretching along a steep mountainside in the Bani Malik Mountains near the Yemen border. Short round towers sit on the far edge of the fields.Due to...

View of Salim bin Kabina, a member of Wilfred Thesiger's party, standing with a camel by a ghaf tree north of Al Ain oasis. On the far right Salim bin...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party making camp in the Wadi al 'Ayn during their journey towards the Ramlat al Ghirbaniyat. In the near left distance three of Wilfred Thesiger's...

View of a fresh growth of qassis (sedge) growing after rain on a dune slope in the Uruq al Awarik sands. In the foreground a dried bush sits on the...

View of dhows (sailboats) beached in the sand on the shoreline of Kuwait City. In the foreground three small dhows sit on the beach. In the background two booms, large...

View of a family of Sahul Bedouin unloading their camels at the Ar Rumhiya wells near Ar Riyadh. In the foreground a woman unloads a large black camel. A few...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party resting in Al 'Aradh in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali). Two men sit on camels in the foreground. In the background an area...

Portrait of Said bin Kabina, Salim bin Kabina's younger brother, at Al Muqarqar spring in the Wadi Kidyut.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of...

Seated portrait of Salim bin Kabina, a sixteen or seventeen year old boy of the Bayt Imani lineage of Rashid Bedouin, at a well in the region of Wadi Khawat....

Seated portrait of Muhammad bin Al Jabari, one of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin guides, at a campfire in Ramlat ar Rabbad sands. Muhammad bin Al Jabari, a tribesman of the Awamir...

View of a man and a woman of the Sa'ar Bedouin hauling water from Manwakh well. They are pulling on a rope. The woman wears silver belts around her waist...

View of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party standing at the entrance to the sink hole at Shisr well. The well is located at the bottom of the sink...

View of an interior room in a tower house in the town of Qalat Bishah. The floor walls of the room are painted with patterns and stripes, and the floor...