Who was the British historian who was most notable for studying a 62 m high minaret located in the Shahrak District, Ghor Province in Afghanistan?
Ralph Pinder-Wilson Ralph Pinder-Wilson (17 January 1919 – 6 October 2008) was a British historian of Islamic art. He is most noteworthy for his studies of Afghan architecture while Director of the British Institute of Afghan Studies in Kabul (1976–82) which included his study of the Minaret of Jam which is today a UNESCO World Heritage site. He graduated from Christ Church Oxford and then joined the Indian Army where he learnt Persian.
J. W. B. Barns John Wintour Baldwin Barns (12 May 1912 – 23 February 1974) was a British Egyptologist, papyrologist, Anglican priest, and academic. From 1965 to 1974, he was Professor of Egyptology at the University of Oxford.