Thesiger Collection

Close-up portrait of a young man of the Bayt Kathir Bedouin in the Wadi Shutaynah or Wadi 'Aydim.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of...

View of a man of the Sa'ar Bedouin, possibly a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, at B'ir Tamis well. In the background a palm tree grows near the well,...

View of a graveyard in the city of Seiyun. In the distance buildings crowd around the foot of a high rock promontory. In the left background the Sultan Al Kathiri...

Portrait of a boy of the Bayt Zabnawt lineage of Mahra Bedouin at Habarut [Habrut] wells.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear...

Three-quarter length portrait of a Naim sheikh standing in front of a cannon outside Qasr Al Hosn fort in Abu Dhabi. The Naim sheikh wears a ghutra (headscarf) tied in...

View of rocky landscape near the town of Qalat Bishah. A pile of large boulders sits in the foreground. In the distance beyond a number of tall date palms grow...

Portrait of a young man from the village of Umm al Khashab.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred...

Two Bedouin boys 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 occurred before...

Portrait of a boy in the Wadi Baysh.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 Wilfred Thesiger's party visiting a village in the foothills west of Batha' Badiyah. In the foreground a member of the party walks toward a building with a large...

View of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's party standing on the crest of a dune in the sands of the 'Uruq ash Shaybah.Due to the nature of these images, prints...

Wadi Baysh in flood in the foothills near Jibal ar Rayth.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before...

Portrait of a Mahra Bedouin boy in the region between Sarif wells and Al Muqarqar.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party travelling in the Al Khatam sands south of Al Ain, during their journey towards Al Humrah sands. In the foreground one of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party trekking through Al Khatam sands south of Al Ain, on their journey towards Al Humrah sands. In the foreground a bare tree sits in the...

Standing portrait of an elder Arab man at Sheikh Saqr bin Mohammed Al Qasimi's fort in the town of Ras Al Khaimah. A man in a dark coloured thobe (shirt)...

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

Standing portrait of a group of men and boys at a suq (market) in the city of Lawdar in Abyan Governorate. Due to the nature of these images, prints will...

View of an Utaybah Bedouin family watering their sheep at Al Qaiyah well. In the background a herd of camels stands on the dry flat plain. Due to the nature...

Wilfred Thesiger's camp near Ghayl bin Yumayn.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were archived by...