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 Dictionary of Indian Biography G to I

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Date transcribed2011-04-00
Transcribed byPeter Bailey
CommentNote that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name pattern established by Buckland in his original work.

Surnames  Ghulam Hassan Khan    
First Name(s)  Nawab    
Year of Birth  ?    
Year of Death  1881    
Entry  An Alizai Pathan : son of Ashik Muhammad Khan, ruler of the Tonk sub-division of Dera Ismail Khan under Ranjit Singh : offered his services to Government : distinguished himself by capturing Fort Laki when held by Sikh rebels in 1848, and frustrated the advance of the rebel garrison of Bannu to Multan : aided Reynell Taylor {q.v.) at Bannu, 1851-7 : in 1857-8 as native commandant took to Lahore the Multan horse, 2,000 strong, which he had raised : under Colonel Cureton, C.B., led them in 15 general actions : for five years after the mutiny, 1859-64, was Envoy at Kabul and accompanied the Afghan army to Herat : Nawab, 1863 : C.S.I., 1868 : commanded the Bahawalpur Army, 1868 : on the Staff of H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, 1875-6 : was sent in advance to the Amir of Kabul in 1878 : was a trusted and honoured counsellor during the campaigns of 1878-80 at Kandahar and Kabul : was made hereditary Nawab and K.C.S.I. and given jagirs : was officially declared to be "" a gallant soldier, an able counsellor and a chivalrous gentleman"" : died 1881.
    
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