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The vast desert wasteland of southern Saudi Arabia known as the " Empty Quarter ", or " Rub ' al Khali " in Arabic, is one of the most desolate places on Earth.

In 1932, St. John Philby was hunting for a city named " Ubar ", that the Qur ' an claimed had been destroyed by God for defying the Prophet Hud.

Philby transliterated the name of the city as " Wabar ".