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*Europeans in Sikh History  from [http://www.allaboutsikhs.com/british/europeans-in-sikh-history.html All About Sikhs]
==External links==
*European adventurers, scholars and officials from [http://thesikhencyclopedia.com/european-adventurers-scholars-and-officials.html The Sikh Encyclopedia]
*[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/Desi-Irish-Raja-of-Haryana/articleshow/53360680.cms “Desi Irish Raja of Haryana”] by Amit Arora  July 24, 2016 ''The Times of India'' Chandigarh. The story of George Thomas, born 1756. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Thomas_(soldier) Wikipedia]
*''European Adventurers Of Northern India 1785 to 1849'' by C. Grey first published in 1929  reprinted in 2009 by [http://www.naval-military-press.com/european-adventurers-of-northern-india-1785-to-1849.html 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  [http://thesikhencyclopedia.com/the-british-and-sikhs-1849-1947/european-adventurers-of-northern-india.html?directory=1 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 [http://books.google.com/books?id=S8AN0-cO-RYC Google Books] with [http://books.google.com/books?id=S8AN0-cO-RYC&pg=PT54 Index] and [http://books.google.com/books?id=S8AN0-cO-RYC&pg=PT52 Bibliography]
*Europeans in Sikh History  from [http://www.allaboutsikhs.com/british/europeans-in-sikh-history  All About Sikhs]
*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 [http://www.mepc.org/journal_vol7/0006_nalle.asp Journal of the Middle East Policy Council] mentions some of the people involved. This review from [http://americanpundit.blog-city.com/tournament_of_shadows_the_great_game_and_the_race_for_empire_in_central_asia.htm 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.
*European adventurers, scholars and officials from [https://www.thesikhencyclopedia.com/european-adventurers-scholars-and-officials The Sikh Encyclopedia]. [https://web.archive.org/web/20170710181245/http://www.thesikhencyclopedia.com/75/european-adventurers-scholars-and-officials Equivalent page] from  an earlier website, now archived, which some may find easier to navigate.
*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 [http://www.billbuxton.com/dramatis.html BillBuxton.com]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 




===Historical books online===
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=23pCAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA9 ''‪Military Memoirs of Mr. George Thomas; Who, by Extraordinary Talents and Enterprise, Rose from an Obscure Situation to the Rank of a General, in the Service of the Native Powers in the North-West of India''‬] by William Francklin 1805. Reprinted in London 1805
*[http://www.archive.org/details/aparticularacco00goog ''A Particular Account of the European Adventurers of Hindustan 1784 to 1803''] by Herbert Compton (1893)  Includes  George Thomas. Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/hindustanunderf01keengoog#page/n10/mode/1up ''Hindustan Under Free Lances, 1770-1820: Sketches of Military Adventure in Hindustan''] by Henry George Keene 1907 Archive.org.  Includes  George Thomas.
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.62849/page/n1/mode/2up ''European Adventurers of Northern India 1785 to 1849''] by C. Grey [Charles] first published in 1929. Archive.org, mirror from  Digital Library of India. [https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.7272/page/n1/mode/2up 2nd file, Archive.org].  It is also available to [http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1929-european-adventurers-of-northern-india-1785-1849-by-grey-and-garrett-s-pdf/  download as a pdf file]  from [[Online books#Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset|Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset]]. A description of the book says “This is a record of the adventurers, buccaneers, buffoons and entrepreneurs who cut a swathe through the heart of the Raj, before and during the golden age of British-ruled India.”<ref>[https://www.naval-military-press.com/product/european-adventurers-of-northern-india-1785-to-1849/ Naval and Military Press]</ref> Read more about the book in this link from  [https://web.archive.org/web/20170909165956/http://www.thesikhencyclopedia.com/historical-events/the-british-and-sikhs-1849-1947/european-adventurers-of-northern-indiaThe Sikh Encyclopedia], now an archived webpage. It contains biographical sketches of over one hundred Europeans who came to or served in the Punjab during Sikh times.
:For other books by Charles Grey, see [[Maritime Service#Historical books online|Maritime Service]]
*[https://archive.org/details/soldiertraveller00gardiala ''Soldier and traveller; memoirs of Alexander Gardner, Colonel of Artillery in the service of Maharaja Ranjit Singh''] [1785-1877] edited by Major Hugh Pearse 1898 Archive.org. [https://web.archive.org/web/20181215153319/https://www.spectator.co.uk/2017/05/the-fantastic-adventures-of-the-tartan-turbaned-colonel/ "The fantastic adventures of the tartan-turbaned colonel"] by William Dalrymple 13 May 2017 ''The Spectator'', archived.
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.533458 ''European Freebooters In Moghul India''] by Lester Hutchinson 1964. Archive.org mirror version from Digital Library of India. For some editions, the full title has the additional wording ''[With special reference to Walter R. Sombre, George Thomas and Benoît de Boigne]''


===Recommended Reading ===
*[http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php?title=Biographies_reading_list  The Maharajah’s Box by Christy Campbell] . The story of Duleep Singh, last King of the Sikhs, and his attempts to regain his Kingdom.


== References ==
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Latest revision as of 08:31, 20 December 2020

External links


Historical books online

For other books by Charles Grey, see Maritime Service

Recommended Reading

References

  1. ↑ Naval and Military Press
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