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 Dictionary of Indian Biography G to I

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Date transcribed2011-04-00
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.

Surnames  Harlan    
First Name(s)  Josiah    
Year of Birth  ?    
Year of Death  ?    
Entry  Adventurer : of Philadelphia : son of a Quaker : studied for medical profession : went to India : sent by Lord Amherst as Assistant Surgeon with the Army to Burma : left it and tried to conquer part of the Panjab : captured by Ranjit Singh {q.v.), who employed him : twice envoy to Dost Muhammad, and secret agent of Shah Shuja : and agent of the former : made Governor of Jasrata, Nurpur and Gujarat till 1835 : sent on a mission to Dost Muhammad : won over Sultan Muhammad Khan, the Afghan Governor of Peshawar, and gained it for Ranjit : entered Dost Muhammad's service : sent on expedition against Kunduz : deputed by Dost- Muhammad in 1839 to negotiate with Sir A. Burnes (q.v.) : returned to India and America, and was heard of no more.     
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