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| Date transcribed | 2011-05-01 | | 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 | Karamat Ali | | | First Name(s) | Syad | | | Year of Birth | 1796 | | | Year of Death | 1876 | | | Entry | Born at Jaunpur, N.W.P : of a family descended from the Prophet : left home at 18, in quest of knowledge, spent 2 years at Lucknow, 10 in Persia : travelled widely in Persia and Turkistan : accompanied A. Conolly on his journey to India through Afghanistan and saved his life in that country : chiefly on Conolly's recommendation, was appointed representative of the Indian Government at the Court of Dost Muhammad Khan (the Sirdar, afterwards Amir) at Kabul : went up there via Ludiana : maintained friendship with C. M. Wade (q.v.), the A.G.G. at Ludiana : much esteemed at Dost Muhammad's Court : reported to the Indian Government the intrigues of the Russians and French at Kabul, and advised a definite understanding with the Sirdar, who was then anxious to unite himself to England. Karamat Ali was recalled from Kabul in 1835 : and in 1837, appointed Superintendent (mutawali) of the Hughli Imambara : where he remained till his death in 1876 : had great influence with the Muhammadans : much respected by the highest European officers. His predictions of the conduct of Russia toward Persia, the Khanates and Afghanistan, have proved remarkably accurate. A longer account of his career has been given in Syad Ameer Ali's article on "" England and Russia in Afghanistan"" in the Nineteenth Century for May, 1905. |
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