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Date transcribed2011-05-01
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  King    
First Name(s)  James Stewart    
Year of Birth  1848    
Entry  Son of Rev. Robert Belsham King : born May 15, 1848 : educated at Fairfield, Wexford, Dublin University and R.M.C., Sandhurst : joined the 107th regt., 1868 : the Bombay Staff Corps, 1874 : Major, 1888 : retired, 1892 : Superintendent, Army Schools, Bombay, 1877-8 : on duty to collect and translate Persian historical MSS. relating to the minor Muhammadan dynasties, to help Professor Dowson (q.v.), 1879-80 : Assistant Political at Sawantwari, Aden, Kolapur, and Agent at Zaila : wrote a full account of the Island of Perim, 1877 : led an expedition, 1884, against the rebellious Kotaibi Hill Arabs, 75 m. N. of Aden : subdued them and made peace between them and their Amir, of Dhtali : sent on political missions to S. coast of Arabia, Sokotra, the Somali coast : took over the W. Somali country, 1884, when the Egyptians left it : successfully counteracted French schemes on the W. Somali coast, 1885-7 : explored into the interior; 1885-6 : wrote for the Indian Antiquary, 1887-98, on Somali as a Written Language, The Fate of St. Mark, The Aborigines of Sokotra, The Siege of Ahmadnagar : published, 1900, The History of the Bahmani Dynasty : contributed also to I.R.A.S.: M.R.A.S. in 1892     
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