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'''Eldred Pottinger (1811-1843)''', was an [[East India Company]] army officer and diplomatist. He became a political officer and served in Afghanistan. During the [[1st Afghan War]] he escaped from the [[Siege of Charikar]] to [[Kabul]] where he succeeded William Macnaghten as envoy to the Afghan court. He was one of the hostages taken by Akbar Khan and was eventually released.
== External links ==
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/341/mode/1up Eldred Pottinger] ''Dictionary of Indian Biography'' (1906)<br />
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eldred_Pottinger Eldred Pottinger] Wikipedia<br />
[[Category:British Military commanders|Pottinger, Eldred]]
[[Category:People|Pottinger, Eldred]]
== External links ==
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/341/mode/1up Eldred Pottinger] ''Dictionary of Indian Biography'' (1906)<br />
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eldred_Pottinger Eldred Pottinger] Wikipedia<br />
[[Category:British Military commanders|Pottinger, Eldred]]
[[Category:People|Pottinger, Eldred]]
