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FLOYER, ERNEST AYSCOGHE

FLOYER, ERNEST AYSCOGHE

FLOYER, ERNEST AYSCOGHE (b. Lincolnshire, England, 1852; d. Cairo, Egypt, 1903), explorer, writer, and the first station chief of the Indo-European Telegraph Line at Jāsk (

Bibliography

E. A. Floyer, Unexplored Baluchistan, London, 1882; repr. Quetta, 1977.

I. Gershevitch, “Travels in Bashkardia,” Journal of the Royal Central Asian Society 46, 1959, pp. 213-24.

V. Cornish, “Obituary Notice: Ernest Ayscoghe Floyer,” JRAS, April 1904, pp. 381-86 (with bibliography of works by Floyer).

P. M. Sykes, Ten Thousand Miles in Persia, 1902.

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Elfenbein, Josef. "FLOYER, ERNEST AYSCOGHE." Encyclopaedia Iranica. Published December 15, 1999. https://doi.org/10.1163/2330-4804_EIRO_COM_1639