Sykes, Percy, Sir, 1867-1945

LC control no.	n 50016806
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Sykes, Percy, Sir, 1867-1945 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Sykes, Percy Molesworth, Sir, 1867-1945 Sāyks, Pirsī, Sir, 1867-1945 Sykes, P. M. (Percy Molesworth), Sir, 1867-1945
Associated country	Great Britain Iran Great Britain India South Africa India Iran Great Britain
Birth date	1867-02-28
Death date	1945-06-11
Place of birth	Canterbury (England)
Place of death	London (England)
Affiliation	Royal Central Asian Society
Profession or occupation	Soldiers Authors
Found in	His Ten thousand miles in Persia ... 1902. His A history of Afghanistan, 1981: t.p. (Brig.-Gen. Sir Percy Sykes, K.C.I.E., C.B., C.M.G.) The story of exploration and adventure, 1939: t.p. (Sir Percy Sykes, K.C.I.E., C.B., C.M.G.) Gurgānī, F.A. Īrān dar miyāni dū sang-i āsiyā, 1977: t.p. (Sir Pirsī Sāyks) Oxford dictionary of national biography WWW site, 28 Jan., 2015 (Sykes, Sir Percy Molesworth, diplomatist and author; born Canterbury, 28 February 1867; in 1888 Sykes was gazetted to the 16th lancers before transferring to the 2nd dragoon guards; in 1916, with the rank of brigadier-general, Sykes was sent to raise a force of 11,000 to replace the Persian gendarmerie; in 1920 he retired from the army; in 1898 he founded the British consulate of Sistan and Kain; to the end of his life he remained interested in Persia; honorary secretary of the Royal Central Asian Society from 1932 until his death; died Charing Cross Hospital, 11 June, 1945) <http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/36395> Wikipedia, viewed June 28, 2016: (Percy Sykes; British soldier, diplomat, and scholar; posted to India in 1888; served with Intelligence Departmentin Second Boer War 1899-1902; posted to India in 1902; posted to Iran in 1906; recalled home in 1918; knighted in 1915) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy_Sykes>
Associated language	eng