: Pe ople ▁conv icted ▁on ▁terror ism ▁charges ▁Category : Pe ople ▁conv icted ▁of ▁making ▁false ▁statements ▁Category : 1 9 8 3 ▁birth s ▁Category : L iving ▁people ▁Category : P ak ist ani ▁Islam ists <0x0A> </s> ▁Johann ▁Ludwig ▁( also ▁known ▁as ▁John ▁Lewis , ▁Jean ▁Louis ) ▁Bur ck hardt ▁( 2 4 ▁November ▁ 1 7 8 4 ▁– ▁ 1 5 ▁October ▁ 1 8 1 7 ) ▁was ▁a ▁Swiss ▁trav eller , ▁ge ograph er ▁and ▁orient al ist . ▁Bur ck hardt ▁assumed ▁the ▁mon iker ▁She ikh ▁I bra him ▁I bn ▁Ab dal lah ▁during ▁his ▁travel s ▁in ▁Arab ia . ▁He ▁wrote ▁his ▁letters ▁in ▁French ▁and ▁signed ▁ ▁Louis . ▁He ▁is ▁best ▁known ▁for ▁redis cover ing ▁the ▁ru ins ▁of ▁the ▁ancient ▁N ab ata e an ▁city ▁of ▁Pet ra ▁in ▁Jordan . ▁ ▁Youth ▁and ▁early ▁travel s ▁Bur ck hardt ▁was ▁born ▁on ▁ 2 4 ▁November ▁ 1 7 8 4 ▁in ▁La us anne , ▁Switzerland ▁to ▁a ▁wealth y ▁Bas el ▁family ▁of ▁sil k ▁mer ch ants , ▁the ▁Bur ck hardt ▁family . ▁His ▁father ▁was ▁named ▁Rudolf , ▁son ▁of ▁G ede on ▁Bur ck hardt , ▁an ▁aff lu ent ▁sil k ▁rib bon ▁manufact urer ; ▁his ▁mother , ▁S ara ▁R oh ner , ▁was ▁Rudolf ' s ▁second ▁wife ▁following ▁a ▁brief ▁marriage ▁to ▁the ▁daughter ▁of ▁the ▁mayor ▁of ▁Bas