Thesiger Collection

Profile portrait of a teenaged boy of the Sa'ar Bedouin in the Raydat as Say'ar region. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age,...

View of a man standing on a sand ridge in front of Al Muwaiji Fort, then the home of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, in Al Ain oasis. In...

View of two camels in front of a round hut in the town of Umm al Khashab. The hut has a pointed domed roof, and sits in the foreground. In...

Side view of two kotias, large double masted dhows (sailboats) from India, moored at Bahrain Island. In the foreground a small dhow is moored along the side of the kotia,...

View of Bani Malik tribesmen at a line of market booths at the Suq as Sabt [Saturday market] in the Bani Malik Mountains. Due to the nature of these images,...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party camping with Duru Bedouin in the Wadi al 'Ayn. On the left three men stand next to a couched camel. Two of the men are...

Mountain landscape in the region above Wadi Kidyut, west of Sarif wells.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred...

Mountain landscape in the Wadi 'Arf or Wadi Madi.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 of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin guides riding camels in the Wadi Mitan. Muhammad bin Shuas, a tribesman of the Bayt Imani lineage of Rashid Bedouin, rides the camel...

View of terraced fields in a valley in the region north of the city of Ad Dali' in Ad Dali' Governorate. Terraced fields run across a large valley flanked by...

View of a square stone building built on the slope of a steep rocky mountain in the region surrounding Ad Dali' in Ad Dali' Governorate. Due to the nature of...

View of rocky valley on Jebel Hafeet [Jabal Hafit] mountain. In the foreground a lone bush grows in rocky soil on a valley slope. A few clusters of vegetation grow...

Bedouin with their camels.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 Rivers...

Portrait of a man of the Rashid Bedouin at Ghayl bin Yamayn.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred...

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...

View from the northern slopes of the Jabal Qara mountains out towards the Rub' al Khali (Empty Quarter). Barren slopes and dry wadis (riverbeds) stretch from the near distance to...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party resting with their camels in the region between the settlement of Badr and the town of Khamis Mushait. Trees on the right and in...

View of a large building at Seiyun. It has several storeys and decorative railings and spires along the roof. A wall with a gateway is in front of it.Due to...

Stern view of dhows moored along the shore of Bahrain Island. In the foreground a rowboat sits in wind-rippled water in front of a group of dhows. The large boat...

View of the Shindagha district from the Bur Dubai side of Dubai Creek. In the right foreground the stern of a small boat is beached in the sand. In the...