Eizaburo Nomura

male
Russian Intelligence, British, Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs, British Intelligence, Count Otani, CentralAsianStudies…Central Asia
Eizaburo Nomura was a Japanese explorer of Central Asia. He made two trips to Central Asia between 1902 and 1910, all financed by Count Otani....

Bobojon Ghafurov

male
persian, Isfisar, Tajik alphabet, Persian alphabet, Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union, Tajiki…CentralAsianStudies
Bobojon Ghafurovich Ghafurov (Tajiki/Persian: Бобоҷон Ғафуров/باباجان غفورف) was a Tajik historian, academician, and the author of several books, i...

Frank Holt

male
Archaeologist, author, Central Asia, CentralAsianStudies, Into the Land of Bones
Doctor Frank Holt is a Central Asian archaeologist and author, who wrote "Into the Land of Bones" about Alexander the Great's trek into Afghanistan.
David Bivar

David Bivar

male, 83 years old
iranian, historian, linguist, Archaeologist, Zoroastrianism, British…Central Asia, School of Oriental and African Studies, CentralAsianStudies
Adrian David Hugh Bivar "F.S.A.", is a British scholar, historian and archaeologist. Bivar, is Professor Emeritus of Iranian and Zoroastrian...
Pyotr Semenov-Tyan-Shansky

Pyotr Semenov-Tyan-Shansky

male, deceased (1914)
Geographer, Statistician, Explorer of Asia, Russian, gregorian calendar, dostoevsky…CentralAsianStudies
Pyotr Petrovich Semenov-Tyan-Shansky (2 January "<small>(New style: 14 January)</small>", 1827 - 26 February "<small>(New style: March...
Joseph Wolff

Joseph Wolff

male, deceased (1862)
convert to Christianity, Emaus, Württemberg, Regensburg, Tiflis, redemptorist…CentralAsianStudies
Joseph Wolff, Jewish Christian missionary, was born at Weilersbach, near Bamberg, Germany. His father became rabbi at Württemberg in 1806, and s...
Philip Johan von Strahlenberg

Philip Johan von Strahlenberg

male, deceased (1747)
Cartographer, Geographer, Russian, swedish, CentralAsianStudies
Philip Johan von Strahlenberg in their rituals.