Major Sir Wilfred Patrick Thesiger, CBE, DSO, FRAS, FRGS, also called Mubarak bin London (Arabic for "the blessed one from London")[1]2 was a British explorer and travel writer.
Thesiger is best known for his travel books Arabian Sands (1959), on his foot and camel crossing of the Empty Quarter of Arabia, and The Marsh Arabs (1964), on his time living in the marshes of Iraq with the Marsh Arabs. He donated his collection of 23,000 travel photographs to the Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford.
British explorer (1910-2003)
Born | 1910 |
Died | 2003 |
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British explorer (1910-2003)
Born | 1910 |
Died | 2003 |
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Description and travel, Adventure and adventurers, Biography, Explorers, Travel, Voyages and travels, Great britain, biography, Reisebericht, Travelers, Arabian Peninsula -- Social life and customs -- Pictorial works, Arabian peninsula, description and travel, Discoveries in geography, Fiction, Fiction, general, Fiction, short stories (single author), Great Britain, Journeys, Kenya, biography, Kenya, description and travel, Middle east, description and travel, Mountain people, Mountains, Nomads, Photography, Pictorial worksID Numbers
- OLID: OL435784A
- ISNI: 000000010935660X
- VIAF: 111413369
- Wikidata: Q540031
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q540031
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- Mubarak bin London
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