- male, deceased (1227)
- (IPA: ; ; classic Mongolian: (see below for alternative spellings); ca. 1162 -August 18, 1227) was a Mongol "Khan" (ruler; posthumously "Khagan",...
- male, 58 years old
- Richard A. Boucher was sworn in as the Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs on February 21, 2006. The Bureau of South...
- male
- Cyrus the Great, also known as Cyrus II of Persia and Cyrus the Elder, was the founder of the Persian Empire under the Achaemenid dynasty. As...
- male, 58 years old
- John Philip Abizaid (born April 1, 1951) is a retired General in the United States Army and former Commander of the United States Central Command...
- male
- Seljuk was the "bey" (chieftain) of a branch of Oghuz Turks known as the Kýnýk Seljuqs. He founded the Seljuq dynasty around year 1000. Tradition sa...
- male, 69 years old
- S. Frederick Starr (born Stephen Frederick Starr on March 24, 1940) is the founder and Chairman of the Central Asia-Caucus Institute. He is also a...
- male
- Dilip Hiro (born Larkana) is a playwright and analyst specializing in Islamic countries, ranging from Iraq and Lebanon to the Central Asian...
- male
- Zhang Qian was an imperial envoy in the 2nd century BCE, during the time of the Han Dynasty. He was the first official diplomat to bring back...
- male, deceased (1952)
- Sven Anders Hedin (February 19, 1865 - November 26, 1952) was a Swedish explorer, geographer and geopolitician. Hedin was born in Stockholm....
- male, 44 years old
- Igor Rotar (born in 1965) is the Central Asian news correspondent for Forum 18, a human rights organization based in Norway that promotes religious...
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