ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>RATTRAY</TITLE> <style type="text/css"> .BODY { background-color: #EAF1F7; background-image: url('images/gtbh.jpg'); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-attachment: fixed; background-position: center; color: #0066CC;} .C1{text-align: justify;color: #0066CC;FONT-size: SMALL;FONT-family: Tahoma;} .BIB{text-align: center;color: #000099;FONT-size: SMALL;FONT-family: Tahoma;} .CONT{text-align: right;color: #FF0000;FONT-size: SMALL;FONT-family: Tahoma;} </style><META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="RATTRAY"> <META http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></HEAD> <BODY class="BODY" oncontextmenu="return false" ondragstart="return false" onselectstart="return false"> <FONT ALIGN="JUSTIFY" FACE="Tahoma"> <p class="C1">&#65279RATTRAY alias LESLIE, an English soldier of fortune who served in Lahore during 1834-36 as one of the commandant of a battalion of the Sikh army. In 1836, he deserted the Sikh army to join the forces of Dost Muhammad <u>Kh</u>&#257n, Am&#299r of K&#257bul. He fought on the side of the Af<u>gh</u>&#257ns against the Sikhs in the battle of Jamr&#363d (1837). In K&#257bul, he converted a Muslim, under the name of Fid&#257 Muhammad <u>Kh</u>&#257n.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1">Grey, C., <i>European Adventurers of Northern India, 1785-1849 </i> [Reprint] Patiala,1970<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">Gulcharan Si&#7749gh <br></p><BR> </font><img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""></HTML></BODY>