See also:

• SIR

SIR See also:

• ALEXANDER
• ALEXANDER (1461-1506)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OF BATTENBERG) (1857-1893)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OsxENOVici) (1876-1903)
• ALEXANDER, ARCHIBALD (1772—1851)
• ALEXANDER, FRANCIS (1800—1881)
• ALEXANDER, GEORGE (1858— )
• ALEXANDER, JOHN WHITE (1856- )
• ALEXANDER, JOSEPH ADDISON (18o9—186o)
• ALEXANDER, SIR JAMES EDWARD (1803—1885)
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM (1824— )
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM LINDSAY (1808—1884)

ALEXANDER See also:

• SIR ALEXANDER BURNES (1805–1841)

BURNES (1805–1841)  , See also:

• BRITISH

British traveller and explorer, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• MONTROSE
• MONTROSE, JAMES GRAHAM, MARQUESS OF (1612—1650)
• MONTROSE, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF

Montrose, See also:

• SCOTLAND
• SCOTLAND, CHURCH OF
• SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF

Scotland, in 18o5 . While serving in See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India, in the See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army of the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East India See also:

• COMPANY

Company, which he had joined in his seventeenth See also:

• YEAR

year, he made himself acquainted with Hindustani and See also:

• PERSIAN
• PERSIAN, SYRIAN, EGYPTIAN AND TURKISH

Persian, and thus obtained an See also:

• APPOINTMENT, POWER OF

appointment as interpreter at See also:

• SURAT

Surat in 1822 . Transferred to See also:

• CUTCH, GULF OF
• CUTCH, or KACH
• CUTCH, RUNN OF, or RANN OF KACH

Cutch in 1826 as assistant to the See also:

• POLITICAL

political See also:

• AGENT (from Lat. agere, to act)

agent, he turned his See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention more particularly to the See also:

• HISTORY

history and See also:

• GEOGRAPHY (Gr. yil, earth, and ypiickty, to write)

geography of See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north-western India and the adjacent countries, at that See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time very imperfectly known . His proposal in 1829 to undertake a See also:

• JOURNEY (through O. Fr. jornee or journee, mod. Fr. journee, from med. Lat. diurnata, Lat. diurnus, of or belonging to dies, day)

journey of exploration through the valley of the See also:

• INDUS

Indus was not carried out owing to political apprehensions; but in 1831 he was sent to See also:

• LAHORE

Lahore with a See also:

• PRESENT

present of horses from See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

King See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William IV. to Maharaja Ranjit Singh and took See also:

• ADVANTAGE

advantage of the opportunity for extensive investigations . In the following years his travels were extended through See also:

• AFGHANISTAN

Afghanistan across the See also:

• HINDU

Hindu Kush to . See also:

• BOKHARA (Bokhara-i-Sherif)
• BOKHARA, or BUKHARA (the common central Asian pronunciation is Bukhara)

Bokhara and See also:

• PERSIA

Persia . The narrative which he published on his visit to See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England in 1834 added immensely to contemporary knowledge of the countries traversed, and was one of the most popular books of the time . The first edition brought the author the sum of Boo, and his services were recognized not only by the Royal See also:

• GEOGRAPHICAL

Geographical Society of See also:

• LONDON

London, but also by that of See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris . Soon after his return to India in 1835 he was appointed to the See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court of See also:

• SIND

Sind to secure a treaty for the See also:

• NAVIGATION (from Lat. navis, ship, and agere, to move)

navigation of the Indus; and in 1836 he undertook a political See also:

• MISSION

mission to Dost Mahommed at See also:

• KABUL

Kabul . He advised See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord See also:

• AUCKLAND
• AUCKLAND, GEORGE EDEN, EARL OF (1784-1849)
• AUCKLAND, WILLIAM EDEN, 1ST BARON (1745-1814)

Auckland to support Dost Mahommed on the See also:

• THRONE

throne of Kabul, but the See also:

• VICEROY (from O. Fr. viceroy, mod. viceroi, i.e. Lat. vice, in place of, and roy or roi, king)

viceroy preferred to follow the See also:

• OPINION (Lat. opinio, from opinari, to think)

opinion of See also:

• SIR

Sir William See also:

• MACNAGHTEN, SIR WILLIAM HAY, BART

Macnaghten and reinstated Shah Shuja, thus leading up to the disasters of the first Afghan See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War . On the restoration of Shah Shuja in 1839, he became See also:

• REGULAR

regular political agent at Kabul, and remained there till his assassination in 1841 (on the and of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November), during the See also:

• HEAT (0. E. haktu, which like " hot," Old Eng. hat, is from the Teutonic type haita, hit, to be hot; cf. Ger. hitze, heiss; Dutch, hitte, heet, &c.)

heat of an insurrection . The calmness with which he continued at his See also:

• POST

post, See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long after the imminence of his danger was apparent, gives an heroic colouring to the See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close of an See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour-able and devoted See also:

• LIFE

life .

It came to See also:

• LIGHT

light in 1861 that some of See also:

• BURNES, SIR ALEXANDER (1805–1841)

Burnes' despatches from Kabul in 1839 had been altered, so as to convey opinions opposite to his, but Lord See also:

• PALMERSTON
• PALMERSTON, HENRY JOHN TEMPLE, 3RD VISCOUNT (1784-1865)

Palmerston refused after such a See also:

• LAPSE (Lat. lapses, a slip or departure)

lapse of time to See also:

• GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
• GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
• GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
• GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
• GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
• GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
• GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
• GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
• GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
• GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
• GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
• GRANT, U
• GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)

grant the inquiry demanded in the See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

House of See also:

• COMMONS

Commons . A narrative of his later labours was published in 1842 under the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of Cabool . See Sir J . W . See also:

• KAYE, SIR JOHN WILLIAM (1814-1876)

Kaye, Lives of See also:

• INDIAN

Indian See also:

• OFFICERS

Officers (1889) .