David Chaffetz

David Chaffetz read Persian, Turkish and Arabic at Harvard University, studying with Wheeler Thackston, Anne-Marie Schimmel and Stuart Cary Welch. He worked for the Encyclopedia Iranica under Ehsan Yarshater. He is the author of A Journey through Afghanistan. A member of the Royal Society for Asian Affairs, he has travelled extensively in Central Asia. India and China.

David Chaffetz曾於哈佛大學修讀波斯文、土耳其文和阿拉伯文，師從Wheeler Thackston，Anne-Marie Schimmel與Stuard Cary Welch。他隨Ehan Yarshater參與過伊朗百科全書的編修工作，並且是《 A Journey through Afghanistan》的作者。作爲英國Royal Society for Asian Affairs一員，他的足跡遍蓋中亞、印度以及中國。