M. A. R. Barker

Muhammad Abd-al-Rahman Barker
Born	Phillip Barker (1929-11-03)November 3, 1929 Spokane, Washington, U.S.[1]
Died	March 16, 2012(2012-03-16) (aged 82) Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
Resting place	Pleasant View Memorial Gardens (Burnsville, Minnesota)
Occupation	Linguist scholar professor game designer author
Period	1949–2012
Genre	Linguistics, role-playing games, fantasy, science fantasy

Muhammad Abd-al-Rahman Barker (born Phillip Barker November 3, 1929 – March 16, 2012) was an American linguist who was professor of Urdu and South Asian Studies and created one of the first roleplaying games, Empire of the Petal Throne. He wrote several fantasy/science fantasy novels based in his associated world setting of Tékumel.

Between 1990 and 2002, he was a member of the Editorial Advisory Committee of the Journal of Historical Review, which advocated Holocaust denial. In 1991 he published a neo-Nazi novel under a pseudonym.