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<p class="C1">&#65279LEIGH, WILLIAM, an Irish adventurer, who while serving with the 19th Light Dragoons in Bombay, shot down, in 1803, his captain and fled his unit. He travelled in the remote parts of Sindh and Afghanistan. In Khor&#257s&#257n he embraced Islam and adopted the name of Muhammad <u>Kh</u>&#257n. He came to Lahore in 1825, and, in an interview with Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 Ra&#7751j&#299t Si&#7749gh, stated that he knew the art of cartography. He showed him maps of K&#257bul, Kandah&#257r, Sindh and Pesh&#257war. The Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 gave him appointment and attached him to General Ventura. There is no mention of him in the Sikh records after 1830.</p>
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BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1">Grey, C., <i>European Adventurers of Northern India</i>. Lahore, 1929<BR>
</ol><p class="CONT">Gulcharan Si&#7749gh <br></p><BR>
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