Henry George Raverty

Henry George Raverty (31 May 1825 – 20 October 1906) was a British Indian Army officer and linguist.

Life

Raverty was born in Falmouth, Cornwall.[1]

He served from 1843 to 1864, rising to the rank of Major in the 3rd Bombay Native Infantry.[1]

Raverty fought in the Punjab campaign of 1849–1850 and Swat campaign of 1850. He compiled a gazetteer of Peshawar. While serving in Peshawar he was taught Pashto by the scholar Qazi Abdur Rahman Khan Muhammadzai (1827-1899) and Mirza Muhammad Ismail (1813-1912)[2][3][4] and he began to study Afghan poetry.[5]

On retirement from the army, he returned to England and continued his oriental studies, culminating in his vast Notes on Afghanistan and part of Baluchistan and his unpublished History of Herat. He died at Grampound Road, Cornwall, England in 1906.[1]

Works

References

  • Concise Dictionary of National Biography
  • Sindh jo Mehran (in Sindhi language), published by the Sindhi Language Authority, Hyderabad, Sindh.

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Jones, Schuyler. "Raverty, Henry George (1825–1906)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/35686. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. "Muhammad Ismail, Qandahari". Retrieved 14 November 2014.
  3. Articles: Thinking like a Pathan – Dawn Pakistan
  4. Mirza Muhammad Ismail Teacher of Raverty, Mirza Muhammad Ismail
  5. The Pathans – Classic Works & Reading

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