Who Was Basil Zaharoff, The Mysterious European Arms Dealer Known As The ‘Merchant Of Death’?
All That's Interesting | 13.02.2026 09:00
Basil Zaharoff went by many names. Some knew him as Count Zacharoff, others as Prince Zacharias Basileus Zacharoff, and his closest friends called him Zedzed. But Zaharoff was perhaps best known as Europe’s “mystery man,” or, simply, the “merchant of death.”
