People in the North West and nearby countries

• Europeans in Sikh History from All About Sikhs
• European adventurers, scholars and officials from The Sikh Encyclopedia
• European Adventurers Of Northern India 1785 to 1849 by C. Grey first published in 1929 reprinted in 2009 by Naval and Military Press, which says “This is a record of the adventurers, buccaneers, buffoons and entrepeneurs who cut a swathe through the heart of the Raj, before and during the golden age of British-ruled India.” Read more about the book in this link from The Sikh Encyclopedia. It contains biographical sketches of over one hundred Europeans who came to or served in the Punjab during Sikh times. Also available in Google Books with Index and Bibliography
• This review of Tournament of Shadows: The Great Game and the Race for Empire in Central Asia, by Karl E. Meyer and Shareen Blair Brysac. Washington, DC: Counterpoint, 1999. 634 pages,with index, maps and photos from Journal of the Middle East Policy Council mentions some of the people involved. This review from American Pundit says “The epic story is told in a series of short biographies of little-known explorers, adventurers, mystics and charlatans, Nazis, spies, diplomats, armies and officers, all inexorably drawn to the region. Some were pure scientists and geographers looking to fill in blank spots on the map and explore the long-buried cities of the fabled Silk Road. Others were chasing a spiritual awakening in Tibet or the Buddhist Eden of Shamballah. Still others, more pragmatically, saw central Asia as a buffer zone between empires or as a jumping-off point for expansion, giving rise to the science of geo-politics.
• Dramatis Personae of the History and Exploration of the Greater Himalaya, Karakoram, Pamirs, Hindu-Kush, Tibet, Afghanistan, High Tartary and Surrounding Territories, up to 1921 from BillBuxton.com

Recommended Reading

The Maharajah’s Box by Campbell Christie . The story of Duleep Singh, last King of the Sikhs, and his attempts to regain his Kingdom.