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 service by a court-martial, 1823 : pensioned by the E. I. Co., 1825 : wrote Memories of the Extraordinary Military Career of John Shipp, 1819 : and Flogging and its Substitute, 1831 : became Master of the Workhouse at Liverpool; died Feb. 17. 1834.

SHIR ALI (1842 ?–1872)

Son of Wulli : a Khyberi, of the KukiKheyl clan, a resident of Pakhi, in Afghanistan : was a mounted orderly of the Commissioner of Peshawar before 1862 : accompanied Reynell Taylor (q.v.) in the Umbeyla campaign, 1863 : inherited a serious blood feud with a rival branch of his own family : violating the recognized sanctuary of British territory, he killed his hereditary enemy in the suburbs of Peshawar : was tried, found guilty of murder, by the Commissioner of Peshawar, on April 2, 1867, and sentenced to death, but eventually transported for life, in May, 1869, to the Andaman Islands. He was doing duty, as barber, at Hopetown, when Lord Mayo visited Mount Harriet on Feb. 8, 1872. As the Viceroy was on the pier, to return to his steamer, about 7.15 p.m.. Shir Ali inflicted on him two fatal stabs. Shir Ail was duly tried by the Superintendent of the Andamans settlement. General (Sir Donald) Stewart (q.v.), and hanged on March 11. No trace of any political plot could be discovered.

SHIRT, REV. GEORGE (1843–1887)

Missionary : born 1843 : educated at the C.M.S. College, London, and at Cambridge : took honours in the Oriental Tripos, 1864 : to India, 1866, shipwrecked : was Missionary of the Church Missionary Society at Karachi, Hyderabad, Sukkur in Sind, 1866–86 : translated the Bible into Sindi, besides other works in that language : travelled through Persia, 1885 : opened a new Mission at Quetta, 1886 : learnt Persian, Arabic and Brahui : died June 16, 1887 : Fellow of the Bombay University : M.R.A.S.

SHONE, WILLIAM TERENCE (1860–)

Entered the Royal Engineers, 1871, and became Lt-General, 1903 : served in Afghan war, 1878–80 : Mahsud-Waziri expedition, 1881 : Burma expedition, 1885–7 : D.S.O. : Miranzai expeditions, 1891, as CO. of Royal Engineers : Brevet-Lt-Colonel : Chitral Relief Force, 1895 : C.B. : Colonel on the Staff R.E., China expedition, 1900–1 : Director-General of Military Works, India, 1901–03 : Inspr-General of Fortifications since 1903.

SHUJAAT ALI, REV. (1791–1865)

Eldest son of the chief Physician at the Oudh Court, a very wealthy man : educated there in Arabic and Persian : appointed, when young. Prime Minister of one of the smaller States in the N.P. : gave it up, at his father's death, to manage the estates. Travelling for pleasure to Calcutta in 1822, he came under the influence of the Rev. Eustace Carey (q.v.) : baptized by Dr. Yates, 1824 : all his property confiscated : ordained a Baptist Minister : his life was attempted by some Muhammadans : appointed to a Baptist native church in Calcutta, and to supervise a number of smaller churches in and about Calcutta : was the means of effecting many conversions : died 1865.

SHUJA-UD-DAULA (1731–1776)

Son of Safdar Jang. Nawab Wazir of Oudh : born 1731 : his real name was Jalal-ud-din Haidar : succeeded his father as Nawab Wazir, 1753 : was present at Panipat, 1761, when the Afghans defeated the Mahrattas : supported Shah Alam's attempt on Bengal : received the fugitive Mir Kasim, 1763 : attacked the English in Bengal, 1764 : defeated at Patna by Camac, in May, 1764, and retired to Baxar, where he was again defeated by Hector Munro, Oct. 23, 1764 : sued for peace, and fled to the Rohillas and then to the Mahrattas : negotiated : defeated in further fighting by the English : threw himself on the clemency of the British Government, surrendering to Carnac, 1765 : Clive restored Oudh to him, and made him an ally, 1765 : he demanded payment of his claims on the Rohillas : engaged with Warren Hastings for an English Brigade to defeat them : made a treaty with the Rohillas : died at Faizabad, Jan. 29, 1775.

SIBLEY, GEORGE (1824–1891)

Born Aug. 12, 1824 : son of Robert Sibley : educated at University College, London : was on the Bristol and Exeter Railway under Brunei, 1845 : was a Civil Engineer on the East Indian Railway,