Wilfred Thesiger

✶June 3, 1910

†August 24, 2003

2 candles burning, 6 lit in all

About their life

Sir Wilfred Patrick Thesiger, also known as Mubarak bin Landan, was a British military officer, explorer, and writer. Thesiger's travel books include Arabian Sands (1959), on his foot and camel crossing of the Empty Quarter of the Arabian Peninsula, and The Marsh Arabs (1964), on his time living with the Marsh Arabs of Iraq.

British military officer, explorer, and writer

☆ Follow

Biography from the article Wilfred Thesiger on the English Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.