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Persia in the great game
Espions
Espionage, british
British Espionage
Iran, history
Great britain, history
Spies
Great britain, biography
Adventure and adventurers
Biographies
Politics and government
Biography
History
"Percy Sykes was sent to Persia by Army Intelligence in the 1890s, first as an explorer and spy, then to open consulates along Persia's eastern borders. His job was to deter Russian expansion towards India. Unpaid, he rode through thousands of miles of the harshest desert, marsh and mountain, often …
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