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Date transcribed2011-08-00
Transcribed byPeter Bailey
CommentNote that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name patterns established by Buckland in his original work.

Surname  Raymond    
Birth Year  ?    
Death Year  1791    
Entry  Haji Mustapha was his other name, after his pilgrimage, in 1770, to Mecca : born in Constantinople: a native of Turkey: called himself a Turk : went to France, 1741 : educated at Paris : went to India, 1751 : employed as a writer in the French service on the coast till 1756 : joined the English service in Bengal, as interpreter or linguist to Clive (q-v.) : dismissed by him, 1758 : was stopped on his journey to Pondicherry at Masulipatam : sent with his papers to Bengal to be tried as a spy : imprisoned for some months, released in March, 1761 : went to Manilla, 1761 : returned to Bengal : employed by Vansittart in inland trade : translated the Sair, or Siyar - ul - muta'akhkhirin of Ghulam Hussein Khan (q.v.), and published it at Calcutta, 1789, the translation being dedicated to Warren Hastings : the whole edition of the translation lost on the voyage to England, except a few copies circulated in Calcutta : he died, 1791 : probate was refused to his will, as containing evidence that he was a Muhammadan : the translation reprinted, 1902.     
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