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Dictionary of Indian Biography (Buckland)

Dictionary of Indian Biography D to F

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Date transcribed	2011-03-01
Transcribed by	Peter Bailey
Comment	Note that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name pattern established by Buckland in his original work.

	Surname	Dalgleish
	First Name(s)	Andrew
	Year of Birth	?
	Year of Death	1888
	Entry	An energetic pioneer of trade : for years he journeyed for commercial purposes between Kashmir and Yarkand : joined a Central Asian Trading Company : went with a party to Yarkand, and afterwards made frequent journeys to Kashgar : in 1883 he had a free passport from the Chinese to enter Chinese Turkistan : went as Turkish interpreter with A. D. Carey (q.v.) in 1885 from Kashmir round Chinese Turkistan and along the frontier of Tibet : was killed near the Karakoram, en route to Yarkand, by a Kakar Pathan in 1888 : his map specially acknowledged by the Geographical Society.

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A List of eminent persons who served in British India, together with short biographical notes of each

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