Thesiger Collection

View of tower houses at a village in the region between the Tamniyah mountains and Al 'Abis village. In the distance a watchtower and a number of tall square houses...

View of dhows moored at Bahrain Island. In the distance many different types of dhows are moored. In the far right distance buildings line the shores of Bahrain Island. Due...

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

Portrait of a boy of the Bani Malik tribe standing on a rock.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that...

Side view of a boom, a large double masted dhow (sailboat) built in Kuwait, in the Persian Gulf between Dubai Emirate and Bahrain Island. The boom flies three sails, the...

View of a village in the region between 'Aqabat ash Sha'ar pass and the city of Abha. In the foreground men work in fields while in the background a number...

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...

Full length portrait of Wilfred Thesiger standing with Bil Ghaith, one of his Hejaz guides, near At Taif. Bil Ghaith, a teenaged boy from the Harb Bedouin tribe of the...

View of sailors hoisting sails on a dhow (sailboat) travelling through the Persian Gulf from Dubai to Bahrain Island. A number of sailors line up on deck between the dhow's...

Group portrait of three boys from the Bayt Gidad lineage of Bayt Kathir Bedouin sitting on a rock in the Wadi Haluf. Due to the nature of these images, prints...

Half length seated portrait of a tribesman of the Habab in the Al Ain / Buraimi oasis. A tribesman of the Habab kneels in the sand with one hand on...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party watering at a well in the Wadi Halfayn. Musallim bin Al Kamam, a sheikh of the Musaifar lineage of Rashid Bedouin, stands holding a...

View a camel and a donkey belonging to Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party resting in a gravelly wadi at the 'Aqabat ash Sha'ar pass. In the background the fort guarding the...

Standing full-length portrait of Arab man with camels outside Al Muwaiji Fort in Al Ain. An Arab man wearing a dark thobe (long shirt) cinched with a length of rope...

[Image blurred.]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 Museum.

Upper body portrait of one of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's Bedouin retainers in Al Ain. The man, a tribesman of the Rashid Bedouin, sits in the sand, looking...

Three-quarter length standing portrait of a young tribesman of the Wahiba Bedouin at Furai well in Sharqiyah Sands.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of...

Seated half length portrait of one of Wilfred Thesiger's sailing companions on the deck of a dhow (sailboat) in the Abu Dhabi islands. The young man from Abu Dhabi sits...

View of Musallim bin Al Kamam, a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, in Al Dhafra or Baynunah sands. A pile of gear lies in the sand near to a...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party loading up their camels at Mughshin Oasis. Ghaf [Prosopis cineraria] trees grow in the background.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any...