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Harry St John Bridger Philby, CIE (3 April 1885 – 30 September 1960), also known as Jack Philby or Sheikh Abdullah (Arabic: الشيخ عبدالله), was a British Arabist, adviser, explorer, writer, and a colonial intelligence officer who served as an advisor to King Abdulaziz ibn Saud, the founder of Saudi Arabia.
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Biografia. Nel 1932 attraversò il Rub' al-Khali e nel 1937 il Najd. Convertitosi all' Islam, visse nell' Higiaz, dove divenne funzionario del monarca locale Ibn Saʿūd, di cui fu sostenitore durante la rivolta araba. Era il padre dell'agente segreto Kim Philby . Opere scelte. H. St. John B. Philby, A pilgrim in Arabia, Londra, 1946.
H. Saint John Philby (born April 3, 1885, Saint Johns, Badula, Ceylon [now Sri Lanka]—died September 30, 1960, Beirut, Lebanon) British explorer and Arabist, the first European to cross the Rubʿ al-Khali, or Empty Quarter, of Arabia from east to west. Philby was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, and joined the Indian Civil Service in 1907.
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28 set 2022 · The Heart of Arabia expedition will retrace the 1,300km (813-mile) journey taken by the early 20th Century explorer Harry St John Philby, from the tiny fishing village of al-Uqair, on the Gulf ...
27 giu 2019 · In matters of religion, the Empty Quarter's second European conqueror had no such concerns. His name was Harry St John Bridger Philby, and he converted to Islam by 1930. Yet despite his faith and role as an adviser to King Abdulaziz, Saudi Arabia's first ruler, from the 1920s, Philby was beaten to the punch by Thomas.
30 gen 2023 · Crossing the Heart of Arabia. In a commemoration of this historical significance, 2023 sees another expedition crossing the heart of the Arabian peninsula retracing the original expedition Harry St John Philby made in 1917-18, both expeditions being made, in a coincidence of timing, around the time of global pandemics.
25 nov 2022 · A new expedition honours Harry St John Philby's exploration of the kingdom more than 100 years ago. Harry St John Philby on his 1917 trek across the Arabian Peninsula, which he recorded in his 1922 book 'Heart of Arabia'. Matthew Tomkinson / Heart of Arabia Expedition. James Langton. Nov 25, 2022.