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Mohan Lal Kashmiri | |
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 Photo of Mohan Lal in 1844 by Robert Adamson and David Octavius Hill | |
| Born | 1812 |
| Died | 1877 |
| Other names | Ram Nath |
| Occupation(s) | Persian secretary (munshi), traveller and author |
| Notable work | Life of the Amir Dost Mohammed Khan |
| Spouse | Hyderi Begum |
Mohan Lal Zutshi KLS[1] (popularly known as Mohan Lal Kashmiri; 1812 – 1877) was an Indian traveler, diplomat, and author. He is credited as being an important player in the so-called Great Game—possibly the first notable Indian one.[2] He also played a central role in the First Anglo-Afghan War of 1838–1842. His biography of Dost Mohammad Khan, the Emir of Afghanistan in Kabul, is a primary source on the war.
Mohan Lal's wife, Hyderi Begum, was a Muslim scholar. During the Indian Rebellion of 1857, she was said to have maintained a diary of events in Delhi.
- ^ Johnstone, Christian Isobel (1846). "Travels of Mohan Lal". Tait's Edinburgh Magazine. 13: 308.
- ^ Dean, Riaz (2019). Mapping The Great Game: Explorers, Spies & Maps in Nineteenth-century Asia. Oxford: Casemate (UK). pp. 41, 57. ISBN 978-1-61200-814-1.