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<p class="C1">&#65279THOMAS, JACOB, son of the celebrated 18th century adventurer and soldier of fortune, George Thomas, an Irish sailor who had carved out a small kingdom for himself in the wastelands of Hary&#257&#7751&#257. Jacob Thomas was in the service of Begam Samr&#363 before he joined Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 Ra&#7751j&#299t Si&#7749gh's army in 1838. In the Sikh army he was given command of Naj&#299b regiment, composed of Punjabi Muslims. In 1843, he was removed from the service by the army <i>pañch&#257yats</i>. He left Lahore for Sardhan&#257 in present-day Uttar Pradesh.</p>
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BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1">Grey, C., <i>European Adventurers of Northern India</i>. Lahore, 1929<BR>
</ol><p class="CONT">Gulcharan Si&#7749gh <br></p><BR>
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