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 Dictionary of Indian Biography M to R

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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  Ouseley    
First Name(s)  Gore    
Titles, Honours, etc.  Sir, Baronet     
Birth Year  1770    
Death Year  1844    
Entry  Son of Capt. Ralph Ouseley : born June 24, 1770 : went out to India in 1788, in commerce : entered the service of Saadat Ali, the Nawab Wazir of Oudh : became his A.D.C. : returned to England in 1805 : Baronet in 1808 : Ambassador Extraordinary to Persia, 1810 : made the Perso-English treaty of 1812 : mediated between Russia and Persia, 1813 : Privy Councillor, 1820 : G.C.H., 1831 : died. Nov. 18, 1844 : was a good Oriental scholar : helped to establish the Royal Asiatic Society : was Chairman of the Oriental Translation Committee : President of the Society for the Publication of Oriental Texts : F.R.S. : and Fellow of the Antiquarian Society : his Biographical Notices of Persia published after his death.     
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