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 Dictionary of Indian Biography D to F

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Date transcribed2011-03-01
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.

Surname  Elias    
First Name(s)  Ney    
Year of Birth  1844    
Year of Death  1897    
Entry  Son of Ney Elias : born Feb. 10, 1844 : educated at London, Paris, Dresden : F.R.G.S., 1865 : went to Shanghai in a merchant's firm in 1866 : led an expedition in 1868 to examine the channels of the Hoang-ho river : in 1872 crossed the Gobi desert, nearly 5,000 miles from the Great Wall to Nijni Novgorod : gold medal of the R.G.S., 1873 : joined the Indian Foreign Office, 1874 : served at Mandalay and in Ladak : travelled over the Karakorum to Yarkand, 1879 : and Kashgar, 1885 : from Yarkand to the Pamirs and the Oxus, 1885 : Badakshan, Balkh, Chitral, N. Afghanistan : was in Sikhim, 1888-9 : in the Shan States, 1889 -90 : Agent at Mashad and Consul-General : retired from the service, 1896. He had gained a great knowledge of the countries of Central Asia : and wrote several reports on his journeys : he died suddenly, May 31, 1897. He declined, in 1888, to receive the C.I.E. decoration.     
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