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