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 MIR IZZET UELAH ( ? - ? )

A servant of the traveller Moorcroft (q.v.) : despatched on a preparatory tour to the countries which Moorcroft pro posed to visit : Izzet Ullah travelled from Delhi to Kashmir, Tibet, Yarkand, Kashgar, Khokand, Samarkand, Bokhara, Balkh, Khulm, Kabul and Hindustan : he kept a journal of his stages and collected much information, which was translated and published as "Travels beyond the Himalaya" in the Calcutta Oriental Quarterly Magazine, 1825, and republished in the J.R.A.S., 1843.

MIR JAFAR, (1691–1766)

Jafar Ali Khan : early brought up in the family of Aliverdi Khan, the usurper of the Government of Bengal : appointed C. in C, by Aliverdi for his successful expedition against the Mahratta raids in Bengal : after the death of Aliverdi, entered into conspiracy against Suraj-ud-daula, the new Nawab : though present at the battle of Plassy in 1757, he held aloof from both sides : after the murder of Suraj-ud-daula by Miran, son of Jafar, the latter was made Nawab Nazim of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa, in June, 1757 : in 1759 he intrigued with the Dutch to expel the English, and was deposed by the English in 1760, his son-in-law, Mir Kasim, being substituted as Nawab : in 1763 Mir J afar was restored as Nawab, and Mir Kasim deposed : reigned quietly until he died in Jan. 1765 from an attack of leprosy : buried at Murshidabad.

MIR KASIM ( ? –1777)

Mir Kasim Ali Khan : son-in-law of Mir Jafar : appointed Nawab Nazim of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa by the English in place of Mir Jafar, on Sep. 27, 1760 : but serious disputes soon arose between him and the English, regarding commerce and the conduct of the servants of the E. I. Co., which led to war : fortified Monghyr for his defence against the English : the English defeated his troops at Katwa on July 19, at Gheria on Aug. 1, 1763, and again at Udwanala : he left Monghyr, and at Patna ordered the massacre of the English prisoners there, 50 gentlemen and 100 others, on Oct. 5, 1763 : fled to Oudh to Shuja-ud-daula, the Wazir of Oudh, who refused to deliver him to the English : he then escaped to Rohilkund and took shelter with the Rana of Gohud : after staying there some years, he went to Jodhpur, and thence to Delhi to serve the Emperor Shah Alam, in 1774, but was disappointed : died at Kotwal, near Delhi, in 1777.

MIRZA MUHAMMAD ALI BEG KHAN, NAWAB BAHADUR ( ? - )

Son of Mirza Wilayat Ali Beg : Rasaldar, 3rd Lancers, Hyderabad Contingent : served in the Hyderabad Contingent, Afghan war, 1879–80 : Black Mountain expedition, 1888 : China expedition, 1900 : raised and first commanded the ist and 2nd Lancers, Hyderabad Imperial Service troops : Commandant of H.H. the Nizam's Regular Forces since 1897.

MITCHELL, REV. DR. J. MURRAY (1814–1904)

Missionary : ordained in 1838 and went to Bombay that year : taught in the Free General Assembly's Institution and College in Bombay, and afterwards at Poona, 1834–66 : was the first Indian Missionary to receive the degree of LL.D. : an accurate scholar, well versed in Mahratti : was for a time Minister of the English Free Church of Scotland in Calcutta : after leaving India he was Presbyterian Minister at Nice for some years : wrote Letters to Indian Youths, recommending Christianity to educated Hindus : The Great Religions of India : and a Biography of the Rev. Robert Nesbitt, Missionary : was Duff Missionary Lecturer, 1895–1903 : died Nov. 1904.

MITRA, RAJA DIGAMBAR (1817–1879)

Born in 1817 : educated at the Hare School and Hindu College : appointed Assistant Secretary to the British Indian Association, 1851; Vice-President, 1869, and, later, President : was a Member of the Epidemic Fever Commission, 1864, after which he held the theory that obstructed drainage is the chief cause of fever : was thrice Member of the Bengal Legislative Council : Sheriff of Calcutta, 1874 : C.S.I., 1876 : Raja, 1877. As a manager of large estates in early life, and as a landowner, he had a great knowledge of zamindari affairs, which was most useful in his public life : he died April 20, 1879.