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INDIAN BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY, 1915. . Roxburghshire; b. 1847; educ: Edinburgh Academy; m. Florence, d. of late Captain H. W. Barlow, R.E., 1887; entered Army as Ensign of the Hind Highlanders, 1867; served in the Afghan War, 1878 80; severely wounded at Kandahar (medal with 4 clasps and bronze star); Brigade-Major of the Indian Contingent in the Egyptian Campaign, 1882; Colonel, 1892; A.D.C. to Empress Victoria; served in various other places and was commanding troops at Alexandria, 1903-04. Address: Hill Fields, Bewdley, Worcesters. Club: Army and Navy.  Murray, Hon’ble Stewart Binny, A.M.I.C.E., Chief Engineer and Secretary to P.W.D., Gov ernment of Madras; b. 1864; educ: R.I.E. College; joined service as Assistant Engineer, Madras, 1884; appointed to present place, 1900; Secretary to Government of Madras, 1913. Address: Chepauk, Madras, India.  Murri, Chief of; H.H. Sir Vaghji Ravaji, G.C.I.E.; b. 1858; succeeded to gaddi, 1870. Address: Murri, Central India.  Mursan, Raja of; Datt Prasad Singh; b. 1876; succeeded to estate, 1901; belongs to a family of Jats who obtained landed property in Mursan about the end of the 16th century; the estate comprises 113 villages in the Aligarh district and 31 in the Muttra district, paying a combined revenue of about Rs. 1,00,000; heir to the estate is Kunwar Baldeo Singh, brother of the Chief, b. 1881. Address: Musran, Hathras, Aligarh, U.P., India.  Murshidabad, Nawab of; Hon’ble Theisham-ul-Mulk Raja ud-Daula Amir-ul-umara, Nawab Asef Qadr Sayed Wasif Ali, Mirza, Khan Bahadur, Mahabut Jung Bahadur, K.C.S.I., (1910); s. of late Nawab Sir Syed Hussain Ali Bahadur, G.C.I.E.; b. 1875; claims to be 38th in descent from Prophet Muhammed; educ; privately in Arabic Persian, Urdu and English; proceeded to England and joined Rugby and Oxford; m. Nawab Sultan Dulin Fugfur Jahan Begum Saheba, 1898; succeeded to gaddi with usual hereditary titles, 1906; keenly interested in matters Municipal; Member, Bengal Legislative Council on four occasions; represented Bengal at the Coronation of Emperor George V. in London, 1911; Patron, Calcutta Historical Society, and Anjuman-i-Mussalman-i-Bangala; beautified the town of Murshidabad by constructing an imposing pile of buildings in the Italian style; established a High School in his capital; liberal supporter of local industries; the estate is composed of villages in the districts of Murshidabad, Calcutta, Midnapur, Dacca, Malda, Patna, Purnea, Rangpur, Hooghly, Rajshai, Birbhum, and the Sonthal Parganas. Recreations: Polo, Shooting, Billiards. Address: ‘The Palace’, Murshidabad, Bengal Presidency, India.  Murza, Muhammad Ali Beg Khan, Nawab Bahadur; s. of Mirza Wilayut Ali Beg; Risaldar, 3rd Lancers, Hyderabad Contingent; Afghan War, 1879-80; Black Mountain Expedition, 1900; raised and commanded the 1st and 2nd Lancers, Hyderabad Imperial Service Troops; 293