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	Encyclopedia: Mountstuart Elphinstone (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Mountstuart Elphinstone (1779 - November 20, 1859) was a Scottish statesman and historian, associated with the British government of India.
		He was the fourth son of the 11th Baron Elphinstone in the peerage of Scotland.
		His connection with the Bombay presidency was appropriately commemorated in the endowment of the Elphinstone College by the local communities, and in the erection of a marble statue by the European inhabitants.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Mountstuart-Elphinstone (644 words)

	MOUNTSTUART ELPHINSTONE - LoveToKnow Article on MOUNTSTUART ELPHINSTONE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		(1779-1859), Indian statesman and historian, fourth son of the 11th Baron Elphinstone in the peerage of Scotland, was born in 1779.
		In 1808 he was appointed the first British envoy to the court of Kabul, with the object of securing a friendly alliance with the Afghans; but this proved of little value, because Shah Shuja was driven from the throne by his brother before it could be ri.tified.
		His connection with the Bombay presidency was appropriately commemorated in the endowment of the Elphinstone College by the native communities, and in the erection of a marble statue by the European inhabitants.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /E/EL/ELPHINSTONE_MOUNTSTUART.htm (661 words)

	Mountstuart Elphinstone - Wikipedia, den fria encyklopedin
		1811 blev Elphinstone resident hos marathfursten ("peshwa") i Poona, visade 1817 vid dennes krigsförklaring mot britterna under kritiska omständigheter mycken kallblodighet och genomförde efter furstens avsättning landets annektering med beundransvärd hänsyn till befolkningens gamla sedvänjor, varigenom det brittiska väldet i dessa trakter varaktigt befästes.
		Elphinstone lämnade Indien 1827 och tillbragte sitt återstående liv dels med studier i hemlandet, dels på resor, alltjämt aktad och rådfrågad som den förnämsta auktoriteten rörande indiska förhållanden.
		Elphinstone hade ständigt vid sidan av sin ämbetsverksamhet idkat djupgående studier i indisk historia och litteratur.
	sv.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mountstuart_Elphinstone (284 words)

	Iranica.com - ELPHINSTONE
		Elphinstone solicited and in July 1808 was given charge of the mission to Afghanistan.
		Elphinstone was much attracted to, although cautious about applying, the theories of the philosopher Jeremy Bentham, and he favored codification of Indian law.
		Elphinstone was unsuccessful in his attempts to secure a permanent base for Britain in the Persian Gulf, and Qeæm was evacuated in 1823.
	www.iranica.com /articles/v8f4/v8f423.html (904 words)

	WILLIAM ELPHINSTONE - LoveToKnow Article on WILLIAM ELPHINSTONE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Before 1474 he had returned to Scotland, and was made rector of the university, and official of the see of Glasgow.
		Continuing to participate in public affairs he opposed the policy of hostility towards England which led to the disaster at Flodden in September 1513, and died in Edinburgh on the 25th of October 1514.
		Elphinstone was partly responsible for the introduction of printing into Scotland, and for the production of the Breviarium Aberdonense.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /E/EL/ELPHINSTONE_WILLIAM.htm (674 words)

	Mountstuart Elphinstone -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		At the (Click link for more info and facts about Battle of Assaye) Battle of Assaye, and throughout the campaign, he displayed such courage and knowledge of tactics that Wellesley told him that he ought to have been a soldier.
		In 1804, when the war closed, Elphinstone was appointed British resident at (Click link for more info and facts about Nagpur) Nagpur.
		After spending about a year in (The largest city in India and one of the largest cities in the world; located in eastern India; suffers from poverty and overcrowding) Calcutta arranging the report of his mission, Elphinstone was appointed in 1811 to the important and difficult post of resident at Poona.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/m/mo/mountstuart_elphinstone.htm (547 words)

	Images of the Pathan
		The British were in active communication with the Pathan peoples from 1808, when Mountstuart Elphinstone was sent to the crumbling court of Shah Shuja to inquire as to the possibilities of an alliance between Afghanistan and the Raj against a feared invasion by Napoleon.
		In the years after Elphinstone's mission, the borders of the colonial Empire greatly expanded in "the search for a land frontier." Furthermore, the distant army of Napoleon was no longer feared.
		Elphinstone and Masson were guests, and from this respected but inert position they were able to clearly observe Pathan character.
	www.bu.edu /anthrop/faculty/lindholm/Pathan1A.html (4863 words)

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		Elphinstone, William Elphinstone, Williamĕl´fĬnsten, -stōnand180;, 1431-1514, Scottish prelate, founder of the Univ. of Aberdeen.
		Elphinstone, Arthur, 6th Baron Balmerino Elphinstone, Arthur, 6th Baron Balmerino: see Balmerino, Arthur Elphinstone, 6th Baron.
		Balmerino, Arthur Elphinstone, 6th Baron Balmerino, Arthur Elphinstone, 6th Baronĕl´fĬnsten, băland180;mĕr´Ĭnō, 1688-1746, Scottish nobleman.
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	Bombay Presidency - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The Gujarat districts were taken over by the Bombay government in 1805 and enlarged in 1818; and the first measures for the settlement of Kathiawar and were taken between 1807 and 1820.
		Bhajirao, the last of the peshwas, who had attempted to shake off the British yoke, was defeated, captured and pensioned (1817 1818), and large portions of his dominions (Pune, Ahmednagar, Nasik, Sholapur, Belgaum,, Dharwad, etc.) were included in the presidency, the settlement of which was completed by Mountstuart Elphinstone, governor from 1819 to 1827.
		His policy was to rule as far as possible on native lines, avoiding all changes for which the population was not yet ripe; but the grosser abuses of the old regime were stopped, the country was pacified, the laws were codified, and courts and schools were established.
	www.bonneylake.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Bombay_Presidency (2624 words)

	Afghan Hound History - Afghanistan The Tribes And Hounds
		One hundred eighty eight years have passed since the February morning in 1809 when The Honorable Mountstuart Elphinstone entered the Lahore Gate of Peshawar, the traditional winter home of the rulers of the Kingdom of Kabul.
		On a tour of the city, Elphinstone was literally lost in the bazaar which was awash with all of Asia.
		The English concern over conquering the desolate wilderness, while large, was all the while second in importance to the those concerns of the Kingdom of Kabul's neighbors to the north, Czarist Russia, and the possibility of Russian (or Napoleon's, if his invasion of Russia was successful) intentions to reach the sea.
	ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/s_tillotson/afden.htm (966 words)

	GO BRITANNIA! Scotland: Great Scots of Note
		Elphinstone also had the revolutionary idea of educating the indigenous peoples of the British-ruled lands.
		Elphinstone College, Bombay, founded by public subscription as a result of his efforts, was named in his honor.
		Whatever one thinks of the activities of the ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union), free men and women throughout the world owe an enormous debt to the pioneering efforts of Linlithgow lawyer Thomas Erskine and his important contributions to the defense of personal liberties.
	www.britannia.com /celtic/scotland/greatscots/e1.html (1814 words)

	Elphinstone, Hon. Mountstuart, ACCOUNT OF THE KINGDOM OF CAUBUL, AND ITS DEPENDENCIES, IN PERSIA, TARTARY, AND INDIA; ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Mountstuart, ACCOUNT OF THE KINGDOM OF CAUBUL, AND ITS DEPENDENCIES, IN PERSIA, TARTARY, AND INDIA; Comprising a View of the Afghaun Nation, and a History of the Dooraunee Monarchy.
		Mountstuart Elphinstone was an Indian statesman and historian who spent his 33 years in India in numerous different capacities, ranging from aide-de-camp in the 1801 battle of Assaye to lieutenant-governor of Bombay from 1819-1827.
		This work is the most permanent result from the mission, and is a combined effort of Elphinstone and his compatriots to create one of the first comprehensive examinations of Afghanistan's geography, political history, and the customs and social structure of its inhabitants, including the various fringe tribes.
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	Community (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The most successful British statesman in routing out Maratha power was Mountstuart Elphinstone, who occupied the office of Resident (Pune) in 1811.
		He slowly worked for the fall of the Marathas and when the third and final war broke out with them in 1817, Bajirao II finally submitted to the British on June 3, 1818, and the glory of the Maratha power vanished.
		Elphinstone then became the Commissioner of the territories conquered from the Peshwas in 1819 and later the Governor of Bombay.
	www.maharashtra.gov.in /english/community/community_britishShow.php (521 words)

	Indiatimes Learning..........Campus / Vaze College (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The Professorships were in honour of the Honourable Mountstuart Elphinstone, the retiring Governor of Bombay.
		On 1st of April, 1856, the Institution was divided into the Elphinstone College and the Elphinstone High School.
		In 1860, the Elphinstone College was recognised by the University of Bombay.
	learning.indiatimes.com /morecolleges/elphi_pro.htm (250 words)

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		Elphinstone, 525; G.B. Malleson, 177.] Before I enter into the Emperor's assumption of this flattery and his conception of the imperial dignity as conferred by the grace of God, I must speak of the interesting attempts of the Jesuits to win over to Christianity the most powerful ruler of the Orient.
		It is noteworthy in this connection that the Jesuits at Akbar's court received a warning from their superiors not to risk such rash experiments which might be induced by the devil with the view of bringing shame upon Christianity.[38] The superiors were apparently well informed with regard to the intentions of the devil.
		[Footnote 44: M. Elphinstone, 524.] Doubtless in the foundation of his Din i Ilahi Akbar was not pursuing merely ideal ends but probably political ones as well, for the adoption of the new religion signified an increased loyalty to the Emperor.
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	North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Vale of Peshawar was home to the Kingdom of Gandhara starting around the 6th century BCE and later ancient Peshawar became a capital of the Kushan Empire.
		The region was visited by such notable historical figures as Darius II, Alexander the Great, Marco Polo, Mountstuart Elphinstone, and Winston Churchill among others.
		The region was, in ancient times, a center of Buddhism until Muslim invaders conquered the area before the 2nd millenium CE.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/North_West_Frontier_Province,_Pakistan (1515 words)

	Mountstuart Elphinstone - rFind.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
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		Elphinstone hade ständigt vid sidan av sin ämbetsverksamhet idkat djupgående studier i indisk historia och
		biografier över Elphinstone av sir E. Colebrooke (2 bd.
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		Elphinstone was the first Englishman to visit Peshawar.
		Elphinstone carried concerns for all of this and knowledge of little else with him into Peshawar that day as he attempted to divine the context of it all, based on his observations and his meeting with Shah Shuja.
		Shah Shuja held precarious sway over a fickle, rapacious citizenry of unlettered, bearded sharpshooters and knifemen whose allegiance was split up capriciously among several of his own relatives, each seeking the throne himself.
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	Probert Encyclopaedia: People and Peoples (Mor-Mz) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		She was popularly believed to have occult powers and to have foretold the Great Fire of London.
		Mountstuart Elphinstone was an English statesman and historian.
		He was born in 1779 and died in 1859.
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		It is further suspected by all who have examined their history that the Communities, like the Gentes, have been very generally adulterated by the admission of strangers, but the exact mode of absorption cannot now be ascertained.
		At present, they are recruited, as Elphinstone tells us, by the admission of purchasers, with the consent of the brotherhood.
		The acquisition of the adopted member is, however, of the nature of a universal succession; together with the share he has bought, he succeeds to the liabilities which the vendor had incurred towards the aggregate group.
	www.ecn.bris.ac.uk /het/maine/chap08 (9914 words)

	Lord Elphinstone - Enpsychlopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The title Lord Elphinstone, of Elphinstone in the County of Stirling, in the Peerage of Scotland, dates to 1510.
		In 1859 the 13th Lord was created Baron Elphinstone, of Elphinstone in the County of Stirling, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, but this title because extinct at his death.
		In 1885 the 15th Lord was also created Baron Elphinstone, of Elphinstone in the County of Stirling, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, which title is still merged with the Lordship.
	www.grohol.com /psypsych/Lord_Elphinstone (252 words)

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	The Great Game : A People, a Nation and a Breed (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		One hundred eighty eight years have passed since the February morning in 1890 when The Honorable Mountstuart Elphinstone entered the Lahore Gate of Peshawar, the traditional winter home of the rulers of the Kingdom of Kabul.
		Shah Shuja was indeed aware of the British in India and despite his remote location, and that of his Kingdom, had agreed to meet Elphinstone because of concern of the designs of others on his Kingdom.
		Indeed, at the time of Elphinstone's visit, a tatterdemalion but well armed military force, mobilized by Shah Shuja's half-brother Mahmud, had captured Kabul and was marching toward the Khyber Pass to lay siege to Peshawar."
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	The history of India, the Hindu and Mahomedan periods. Translated into Marâthi by Vishvanâth Nârâyan Mandlik. ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		MOUNTSTUART: The history of India, the Hindu and Mahomedan periods.
		Contemporary full green morocco, ruled in gilt, spine richly decorated in gilt, nicely restored and rebacked with original spine preserved.
		Elphinstone (1799-1859) was ambassador to the Afghan court at Cabul and subsequently between 1818 and 1827 governor of Bombay.
	www.antiqbook.com /boox/dur/37006.shtml (188 words)

	Footnotes
		Mountstuart Elphinstone, Account of the Kingdom of Caubul and its Dependencies in Persia, Tartary, and India London (Longman etc., 1815), p 231; Hambly, "Economic Organization," 70.
		Elphinstone, Account of the Kingdom of Caubul pp.
		The summary of these Afghan wars up to 1809 is based chiefly on accounts in Elphinstone, Caubul, II, pp.
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	thePeerage.com - Person Page 1970
		Alexander Mountstuart Elphinstone, 19th Baron Elphinstone is the son of James Alexander Elphinstone, 18th Baron Elphinstone and Willa Chetwode.
		Andrew Charles Victor Elphinstone was the son of Sir Sidney Herbert Elphinstone, 16th Baron Elphinstone and Lady Mary Frances Bowes-Lyon.
		John Alexander Elphinstone, 17th Baron Elphinstone was the son of Sir Sidney Herbert Elphinstone, 16th Baron Elphinstone and Lady Mary Frances Bowes-Lyon.
	www.thepeerage.com /p1970.htm (824 words)

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		The rise of a broadly shared Hazara national consciousness is notable because the Hazaras have been notorious for their fractiousness, at least as travelers through their area have reported it.
		show the amity of the wolf” {5} Mountstuart* Elphinstone, writing in early nineteenth century, says “They have constant disputes among themselves, so that there is scarcely a Hazareh tribe which is not at war with its neighbours.
		Ferrier was unreliable on several grounds (at least Byron thought so), and Elphinstone, one of the finest of ethnographers, never got beyond Peshawar, and even then for only four months, and what knowledge of the Hazaras he acquired came from Pathan (Pushtun) informants, a people with whom the Hazaras have been at odds for centuries.
	www.artsci.wustl.edu /~canfrobt/newhazaras (7756 words)

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