Institution: | *The author, Lieut.-Col. Geoffrey Wheeler, c.i.e., c.b.e., has been Director of Central Asian Research Centre since 1953;Military Attaché, Meshed, 1926;Intelligence duties Iraq, 1928–1931;Director, Publications Division, Government of India, 1941–1946;Counsellor, British Embassy, Teheran, 1946–1950. |