Thesiger Collection

Seated profile portrait of Musallim bin Al Kamam, a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, during the party's journey from Al Ain to Liwa oasis (likely in the region of...

Portrait of the Emir at Jallat al Mawt.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were archived...

View of terraced fields cut into a far hillside near Sawda village. In the foreground juniper trees grow along the edge of a hillside.Due to the nature of these images,...

View of a transport lorry parked alongside a high wall in the city of Najran.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party camping in the Jiddat al Harasis during the party's journey from Boi well to Yisub well. Due to the nature of these images, prints...

View of a rocky wadi bed at the well of Ma' Shadid in the Wadi Ghudun. In the left foreground two bushes grow. In the distance beyond a few of...

At Sabya. A camel-driven press for sesame seeds. It consists of a large mortar in which a pestle is rotated.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party camping in the Jiddat al Harasis during the party's journey from Boi well to Yisub well. Due to the nature of these images, prints...

View of an Arab man using a team of donkeys to operate a sluice gate at a water reservoir in the Al Hasa Oasis. In the foreground a man with...

Standing full length portrait of an Arab falconer, a member of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting party, with a peregrine falcon, a camel, and a saluki in the...

Portrait of Musallim bin Anauf, the son of Salim bin Turkia. Musallim bin Anauf, a member of the Bayt Gidad lineage of Bayt Kathir Bedouin, sits on the ground facing...

View of a small village in the Al Ghamid tribal region between the villages of Al Makhwah and Thurayban. Two stone huts topped with straw roofs sit in the midst...

View of a family of Sahul Bedouin unloading their camels at the Ar Rumhiya wells near Ar Riyadh. In the foreground a man and two women unload camels. In the...

Standing half length portrait of a boy at Khanfer, near Lawdar in Abyan Governorate. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or...

A group of Bani Malik tribesmen sit in the shade of a tree at the Suq as Sabt [Saturday market] in the Bani Malik Mountains. Due to the nature of...

Boys of the Mahra Bedouin in the Wadi al Jiz' near its junction with Wadi Mahrat.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear...

Portrait of a Bedouin man, a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, in the lower Wadi 'Aydim.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age,...

View of a camel caravan camped at the city gates of Al Mukalla. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage...

Portrait of Bil Ghaith, one of Wilfred Thesiger's Hejaz guides, cooking lunch in the region between the towns of Najran and Badr. Bil Ghaith, a teenaged boy from the Harb...

Group portrait of men and boys standing in a crowd at the Suq al Khamis [Thursday market] in the town of Najran.Due to the nature of these images, prints will...