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Alois Musil
Czech explorer
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exploration of the Arabian Desert
- In Arabian Desert: Study and exploration
…the 20th century, Czech explorer Alois Musil traveled through northern Hejaz and Najd, mapping topography as he went. In 1917 H. St. John Philby, an official of the British Foreign Office who paid a visit to the sultan of Najd (later Ibn Saʿūd of Saudi Arabia), later became a Muslim,…
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