Thesiger's Journeys in Arabia

Between 1945 and 1950 Wilfred Thesiger travelled extensively around the Arabian peninsula, documenting his travels in his journals and taking many photographs of the landscape he traversed and the people he travelled with and met on his journeys. To view further details about Thesiger's journeys in Arabia, and the photographs he took on each trip, please click on the maps shown below:

Hejaz and Nejd, Saudi Arabia, 1945Hejaz and Nejd, Saudi Arabia, 1945 Asir, Saudi Arabia, 1945Asir, Saudi Arabia, 1945  Tihamah, Saudi Arabia, 1945Tihamah, Saudi Arabia, 1945 Yemen, 1945Yemen, 1945 Jabal Qara Mountains, Oman, 1945Jabal Qara Mountains, Oman, 1945 Salalah - Mughshin, Oman, 1945Salalah - Mughshin, Oman, 1945 Salalah, Oman to Wadi Hadhramawt, Yemen, 1946Salalah, Oman to Wadi Hadhramawt, Yemen, 1946 Hejaz, Saudi Arabia, 1946Hejaz, Saudi Arabia, 1946 Yemen, 1946Yemen, 1946 1st Empty Quarter Crossing, 1946-71st Empty Quarter Crossing, 1946-7 Salalah, Oman to Al Mukalla, Yemen, 1947Salalah, Oman to Al Mukalla, Yemen, 1947 Hejaz, Saudi Arabia, 1947Hejaz, Saudi Arabia, 1947 Hadhramawt, Yemen, 1947Hadhramawt, Yemen, 1947 2nd Empty Quarter Crossing, 1947-82nd Empty Quarter Crossing, 1947-8 United Arab Emirates and Oman, Spring 1948United Arab Emirates and Oman, Spring 1948 Dubai to Bahrain, 1948Dubai to Bahrain, 1948 United Arab Emirates, Winter 1948-49United Arab Emirates, Winter 1948-49 United Arab Emirates and Oman, Spring 1949United Arab Emirates and Oman, Spring 1949 Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, 1949Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, 1949 United Arab Emirates and Oman, Winter 1949-50United Arab Emirates and Oman, Winter 1949-50 Bahrain, 1950Bahrain, 1950