Our thanks to William Trousdale, who permitted FIBIS to create this searchable database of the A-Z name index found in his book, The British in Afghanistan, vol I.
Below is a list of the most frequently used abbreviations and acronyms.
Surname
Lyall
First Names
Alfred Comyns
Rank
Sir
Regiment / Department
Bengal (CS) Cival Service )
Source abbrevs
HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82
Bibliography / Text abbrevs
photo NAM / Burke / MacGregor War in Afghanistan
Original Text from book
Lyall, Sir Alfred Comyns, Bengal C.S., HAAL;79, p. 742, HAAL;80, p. 741, HAAL:81, p. 750, HAAL:82, p. 752; photo NAM (neg. 6226) Burke 228, MacGregor, War in Afghanistan, p. 168, Burke 228; numerous writings on Indian and Frontier political and military history (Ed.) [not in MR]
Systematic Compilation of Officers, Other Ranks, Civil Officials, and Other Individuals Present in Afghanistan during The Second Afghan War. Annotated with references to military service, diaries, memoirs, biographies and photographs.
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