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  of Dera Ismail Khan under Ranjit Singh : offered his services to Government : distinguished himself by capturing Fort Laki when held by Sikh rebels in 1848, and frustrated the advance of the rebel garrison of Bannu to Multan : aided Reynell Taylor (q.v.) at Bannu, 1851–7 : in 1857–8 as native commandant took to Lahore the Multan horse, 2,000 strong, which he had raised : under Colonel Cureton, C.B., led them in 15 general actions : for five years after the mutiny, 1859–64, was Envoy at Kabul and accompanied the Afghan army to Herat : Nawab, 1863 : C.S.I., 1868 : commanded the Bahawalpur Army, 1868 : on the Staff of H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, 1875–6 : was sent in advance to the Amir of Kabul in 1878 : was a trusted and honoured counsellor during the campaigns of 1878–80 at Kandahar and Kabul : was made hereditary Nawab and K.C.S.I. and given jagirs : was officially declared to be "a gallant soldier, an able counsellor and a chivalrous gentleman" : died 1881.

GHULAM HUSSEIN KHAN TABATABA, SYAD ( ? - ? )

Muhammadan nobleman : his maternal ancestors were Syads : Zainul-abidin was his maternal grandfather : related, as a cousin, to Aliverdi of Bihar : son of Hidayat Ali Khan, a Deputy Governor of Bihar : born at Shahjahanabad : Mir Munshi, or Secretary, of the Mogul Emperor : resided at the Court of the Nawab of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa : representative of Mir Kasim (q.v.) at Calcutta, until removed : served under the British : befriended by General Goddard, Resident at Chunarghar : entered, with permission, the Nawab of Oudh's service for a time : left it : wrote the Siyar-almuta' akhkhirin, a "Review of Modern Times," i.e. "The Manners of the Moderns, the Chronicle of the Decay of the Mogul Empire and Muhammadan Domination of India, during the reigns of the seven last emperors of Hindustan, written in Persian, showing the progress of the English in Bengal up to 1780 A.D." : translated by M. Raymond (q.v.), a French Creole, who assumed the name of Haji Mustapha : published in 1789 : dedicated to Warren Hastings : it was lost at sea on the way to England : a subsequent edition of about one-sixth of the work was issued by General J. Briggs of the Madras Army : the Sair, or Siyar-ul-mutakherin (its usual name) has been highly regarded by great authorities.

GIB, SIR WILLIAM ANTHONY (1827–)

Born Jan. 9, 1827 : son of Colin Gib, R.N. : educated privately : joined Madras Army, 1843 : served in Khandesh, 1844, and Indian mutiny, 1857–9 : commanded the 25th regt. M.I. in expeditionary force to Malta, 1878 : commanded a Brigade in Afghan war, 1879–80, and troops in action of Mazina : C.B. : held various civil and military appointments in India, including the command of the 1st class District of Sikandarabad : General : K.C.B., 1897.

GIBBS, JAMES (1825–1886)

I.C.S. : born 1825 : son of Right Hon. Michael Gibbs, Lord Mayor, 1845 : educated at Merchant Taylors' and Haileybury, 1844–6 : called to the bar at the Inner Temple, 1864 : went to Bombay in the Civil Service, 1846 : Judicial Assistant to the Commissioner in Sind : Special Commissioner for Income Tax, 1860 : President of the Income Tax Commission : Judge of Poona, 1864 : Puisne Judge of the High Court, Bombay : President of the Asiatic Society, Bombay : Member of Council, Bombay, April, 1874, to April, 1879 : Member of the Supreme Council, May, 1880, to May, 1885 : Vice-Chancellor of the Bombay University, 1870–9 : died Oct. 30, 1886 : C.S.I. : C.I.E.

GIBBS, SIR SAMUEL ( ? –1815)

Joined the 102nd foot in 1783 : served in Canada,at Gibraltar, the Mediterranean, at Ostend, in the W. Indies, 1799 : commanded the 59th at the Cape, 1805–6 : and in the Travancore war, 1808–9 : was in the expedition of 1811 under Sir S. Auchmuty to Java : distinguished himself : at Fort Cornells, and led the final attack on the Dutch General Janssens : then left India : in Holland, in 1812 : in the United States, in the attack on New Orleans : severely wounded, and died Jan. 9, 1815 : K.C.B. : Maj-General.

GIBSON, ALEXANDER (1800–1867)

Born Oct. 24, 1800 : M.D. of Edinburgh : went to India in the E.I. Co.'s medical