Thesiger Collection

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party descending a dune in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali) during the party's journey from Jaladah plain to Bani Ma'arid sands. Due to the...

View of a high dune in Al Batin sands in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali). A high dune with a steeply sloping face rises in the foreground. It is...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party at camp under a Baina tree in the plains below Hamrat ad Duru, during the party's journey from Masruq well to Al Hubi village. In...

Portrait of Emir Said Bin Mushait's children standing in the door of Khamis Mushait Castle. At the time of this photograph, the castle was the home of Emir Said Bin...

Wilfred Thesiger's party at Dahal well.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...

Group portrait of a family of Hamum Bedouin on the Jol of the Raydat al Ma'arah.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear...

Portrait of two boys of the Humum Bedouin.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were archived...

A man and a boy at Bir Muhammad Yahyah well near Wadi Bayd.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party riding across a bare, gravelly landscape near Andhur spring in Wadi Andhur.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of...

Portrait of a boy 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, wear...

Mahra Bedouin watering camels at a well at Habarut [Habrut] wells.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before...

Three-quarter length portrait of an Arab man carrying a baby and an Arab teenager in the town of Ash Shuqaiq.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any...

View of desert landscape in the Al Dhafra sands of the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali) between Dhibi well and Al Batin sands. A low wall of dunes borders a...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party trekking through Al Batin sands during their journey across the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali) from Al Dhafra sands to Liwa oasis. A member...

Portrait of a peregrine falcon (shahin) with its prey, a MacQueen's Bustard (houbara), in the sands surrounding Al Ain. A peregrine falcon, belonging to Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's...

Close up portrait of Mabarak, one of Wilfred Thesiger's Hejaz guides, sitting in the region between Jabal Baydan and At Taif. Mabarak, a teenaged boy from the Bani Sharfa tribe...

Portrait of a boy at Umm al Khashab sitting on a donkey.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred...

Half length standing portrait of an Iranian porter in Dubai. A middle-aged man with a short moustache stands beside a wooden post in front of a stucco wall. He wears...

Portrait of a young man 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...

View of three members of Wilfred Thesiger's party watering camels at a well in the Ghanim Sands, during the party's journey from Khasfah well to Matki well.Due to the nature...