Three Cups of Tea Characters

Pret-a-PorterMouzafer is the "ruggedly handsome" (2.25) Balti porter who offers to carry Mortenson's packs for the very low price of four dollars a day. Mortenson later hires him to help with the b...

Chief HajiHaji Ali is the nurmadhar, or chief, of Korphe village. His kindness—taking Mortenson into his home, feeding him, and wrapping dirty Greg Mortenson in "the finest possession" (3.4) in h...

Doctor, Doctor, Give Him the NewsDr. Villard is a doctor at the hospital where Mortenson works as he's just starting to get passionate about building a school in Korphe. She's totally his type: a c...

Just Happy to See Mortenson?Dr. Jean Hoerni is a former mountaineer turned multi-millionaire who gets Mortenson's cause off the ground with a twelve thousand dollar donation. His only demand: "Don'...

Mortenson's wife, Tara, really has next to nothing to do with his mission, but she's in the book, so she's earned herself a page in ours, too.We're not sure if their marriage is a sign of love at f...

It's Business TimeChangazi is an ex-policeman turned businessman who helps Mortenson. Changazi means "of the family of Genghis Khan" (8.7). and although he seems sketchy at first—like when he loc...

Mortenson meets a few other people on his journey up and down mountains, over gorges, and across deserts, although none of them are important enough to warrant a whole section to themselves and mos...