About the Author

Dr. Christoph Baumer. A Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland and of the Explorers Club, New York, has traveled extensively in Central Asia, China and Tibet.Helen Lovedayis a curator of the Baur Foundation Museum and is a senior lecturer at Geneva University.Fitzroy Morrisseyhas a BA in Arabic & Islamic Studies and an MPhil in IslamicStudies & History with Persian language from Oxford. A scholar of Islamicintellectual history, he is currently researching Sufi thought for his DPhil at Oxford.Bijan Omraniis a Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society and the Royal Geographical Society, and author of"Asia Overland," and co-author of "Afghanistan, A Companion and Guide," published by Odyssey Books & Maps.Bruce Wannellhas lived and travelled in Iran and Afghanistan for many years."