RATTRAY 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 Khān, Amīr of Kābul. He fought on the side of the Afghāns against the Sikhs in the battle of Jamrūd (1837). In Kābul, he converted a Muslim, under the name of Fidā Muhammad Khān.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

    Grey, C., European Adventurers of Northern India, 1785-1849 [Reprint] Patiala,1970

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