Thesiger Collection

Standing group portrait of five Sahul Bedouin at the Ar Rumhiya wells near Ar Riyadh. In the near distance two Sahul Bedouin men and three boys stand in a line...

Portrait of a peregrine falcon (shahin) with its prey, a desert hare, in the sands surrounding Al Ain. In the central foreground a peregrine falcon, belonging to Sheikh Zayed bin...

View of a dhow (sailboat) sailing by the beach in the city of Dubai. In the foreground three small waves roll up on the beach. In the distance men sail...

View of trees and vegetation growing in the Jabal Qara mountains near the summit of Kismim Pass. In the foreground trees flower, while in the distance beyond bushes grow on...

Half length portrait of an Arab man in hills near the town of Qalat Bishah. He is holding a dagger in his hands. In the background two children walk across...

Group portrait of Utaybah Bedouin at Al Qaiyah or Ad Dafinah wells, taken during Wilfred Thesiger's journey from Marat village to Burayman, near Jiddah. Two men, a boy and a...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party resting in the Wadi Katabit. Trees grow beside a rock wall that runs along the far left side of the wadi. A few of...

View of the twin minarets of Al Khamis Mosque in Tashan on Bahrain Island. In the foreground a thicket of trees and shrubs grows in the left foreground in an...

Portrait of Salim bin Kabina, a tribesman of the Bayt Imani lineage of Rashid Bedouin and one of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling companions, sitting at a campfire in the Al Batin...

Mahra Bedouin with water-skins at the Sarif wells.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were archived...

Wilfred Thesiger's party in the sands of the 'Uruq ash Shaybah, in the Rub' al Khali (Empty Quarter).Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of...

View of a man from one of the Qara tribes standing the midst of a village in the Jabal Qara mountains. The man stands in the middle of an open...

Portrait of two Sa'ar Bedouin boys in the Raydat as Say'ar. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred...

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

Portrait of Wilfred Thesiger (right) with Salim bin Kabina (left) at an encampment at the village of Ghayl bin Yamayn. Wilfred Thesiger and Salim bin Kabina, a young tribesman of...

Seated group portrait of Wahiba Bedouin at a camp in the Wadi Halfayn. Six Wahiba Bedouin tribesmen of mixed ages sit on the ground in a line. Three coffee urns...

View of wild fig trees growing in downs in the Jabal Qara mountains. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage...

Close up portrait of a Baluchi porter, from Iran, standing in front of a wall in Dubai. A middle-aged man with a moustache and stubbly beard stands against a wall,...

Standing full length portrait of a sixteen-year-old boy in the village of Ash Shuqaiq. He is wearing white trousers, typically women's dress but here worn as part of ceremonial attire...

View of small craft and a large, ocean-going boom, a Kuwaiti built trading vessel, at the harbour in Kuwait City. In the foreground small dhows (sailboats) are beached along the...