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<p class="C1">&#65279MEVIUS, also recorded as Frank Ernest Mevins, was a Prussian who came to the Punjab in March 1827 and was employed in the Sikh army in the rank of a colonel. According  to the <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257 Darb&#257r records, Mevius had to sign a pledge that he would, "during his period of service abstain from eating beef, smoking or shaving, would never quit the service without formal permission from the Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 and would engage to fight any nation with whom the Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 declared war, even should it be his own." These were the usual conditions under which foreigners were admitted into Sikh service. Once Mevius used a whip against a Sikh soldier. This caused a revolt in his command and he was compelled to take refuge in the Mah&#257r&#257j&#257's tent. Ra&#7751j&#299t Si&#7749gh saved his life, but refused to retain him in his service. He was given his discharge in 1830.</p>
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BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1">Grey, C. <i>European Adventurers of Northern India (1785-1849)</i>. Lahore, 1929<BR>
</ol><p class="CONT">Gulcharan Si&#7749gh <br></p><BR>
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