m-a-barker

Muhammad Abd-al-Rahman Barker (born Phillip Barker), known as M. A. R. Barker, was an American linguist, professor of Urdu and South Asian Studies, and a pioneering fantasy/science fantasy author who created the roleplaying game Empire of the Petal Throne and the world of Tékumel[4][5]. He was born November 2, 1929, in Spokane, Washington, and died March 16, 2012, in Minneapolis, Minnesota[4][6].