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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  Firoz Shah    
Year of Birth  ?    
Year of Death  ?    
Entry  Son of Mirza Nazim (who was grandson of Shah Alam) and of Abadi Begam, cousin of Akbar Shah, King of Delhi : educated by Mirza Illahibaksh, who married his mother : went to Mecca with her in 1855 : returned to Bombay after the mutiny broke out : became leader of the rebels at Mandiswar : driven from there by Colonel (Sir H. M.) Durand in Nov. 1857 : went to Rohilkund with his force : beaten thence by Sir Colin Campbell : entered Oudh : tried to join Tantia Topi in Central India : defeated by General (Lord) Napier at Ranod, Dec. 17, 1858 : fled, and joined Tantia Topi : the rebels were broken up and dispersed : Firoz Shah hid in the Sironj jungles : he escaped in disguise as a pilgrim to Karbela and lived there many years : was one of the leading and irreconcilable insurgents in the mutiny.     
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