Iraj Bashiri

Iraj Bashiri

male, 69 years old
Iraj Bashiri is Professor of History at the University of Minnesota, USA‎ and one of the leading scholars in the fields of Central Asian Studies an...

Peter Hopkirk

male, 78 years old
Peter Hopkirk, born December 15 1930, in Nottingham, England is a British journalist and author. He worked for ITV news as a reporter and The Times...

Edward A. Allworth

male
Edward A. Allworth is an American historian who is Emeritus Professor of Turco-Soviet Studies at Columbia University.
Gunnar Jarring

Gunnar Jarring

male, deceased (2002)
Gunnar Jarring was a Swedish Turkologist and diplomat. Jarring studied at Lund University, and earned his PhD in 1933 with his dissertation...
Francis Younghusband

Francis Younghusband

male, deceased (1942)
Lieutenant Colonel Sir Francis Edward Younghusband (31 May, 1863 - 31 July, 1942) was a British Army officer, explorer, and spiritualist. He is...
Baymirza Hayit

Baymirza Hayit

male, deceased (2006)
Baymirza Hayit, also spelled Boymirza Hayit, was a historian and orientalist who specialized in the history of Turkestan and Central Asia.
Marc Aurel Stein

Marc Aurel Stein

male, deceased (1943)
Sir Marc Aurel Stein, Stein Márk Aurél in Hungarian. In 1901 Stein was responsible for exposing forgeries of Islam Akhun. During his expedition of...
Geoffrey Wheeler

Geoffrey Wheeler

male, deceased (1990)
Geoffrey Wheeler (1897-1990) was a preeminent historian of Central Asia and an officer in the British military.
Robert D. McChesney

Robert D. McChesney

male
Robert D. McChesney is a scholar of the social and cultural history of Central Asia, Iran, and Afghanistan.
Albert Von Le Coq

Albert Von Le Coq

male, deceased (1930)
Albert von Le Coq (1860 - 1930) was a German archaeologist and explorer of Central Asia. He was heir to a sizable fortune derived from breweries...