Károly Jenő Ujfalvy

Károly Jenő Ujfalvy

Károly Jenő Ujfalvy de Mezőkövesd (Vienna, May 18, 1842. - Florence, January 31, 1904) was a noted Hungarian ethographic researcher and linguist of Central Asia and the Himalayas. Also known as Charles de Ujfalvy in his adopted France, Ujfalvy traveled to Samarkand and Bokhara and led an expedition to the Kashmir in 1880.[1]

References

  1. ^ Khan, Omar (2002). From Kashmir to Kabul: the photographs of John Burke and William Baker, 1860-1900. London: Book Site. pp. 74. 

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