Percy Sykes

Sir Percy Molesworth Sykes
Birth name	Percy Molesworth Sykes
Born	28 February 1867
Died	11 June 1945 (1945-06-12) (aged 78)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Indian Army
Rank	Brigadier General
Unit	16th Lancers, 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queens Bays), South Persia Rifles (commander-in-chief overall)
Commands held	Consul-General Khuzestan,
Battles/wars	Second Boer War
Awards	Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire Companion of the Order of the Bath Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George

Brigadier-General Sir Percy Molesworth Sykes, KCIE, CB, CMG, FRGS (28 February 1867 – 11 June 1945) was a British soldier, diplomat, and scholar with a considerable literary output. He wrote historical, geographical, and biographical works, as well as describing his travels in Persia and Central Asia.