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Dictionary of Indian Biography (Buckland)

Dictionary of Indian Biography A to C

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Date transcribed	2011-01-01
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	Abdul Musseah
	Titles	Rev.
	Year of Birth	?
	Year of Death	1827
	Entry	Born at Delhi ; his original name was Sheikh Salih : son of a learned man, a teacher : became a Munshi at Lucknow to Englishmen : served at the Oudh Court, and was a trooper under the Mahrattas : he turned to Christianity on hearing preaching at Cawnpur, and was baptized at Calcutta by Rev. D. Brown (q.v.) in 1811, receiving his name Abdul Musseah ; became in 1812 a catechist of the C.M.S., a teacher and preacher and writer of commentaries on Scripture, making converts : about 1820 he received Lutheran ordination, and undertook Missionary work, remaining at Agra till 1825 : ordained by Bishop Heber as minister of the Established Church at Calcutta, 1825 : died March 4, 1827.

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