Henry Walter Bellew
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Henry Walter Bellew MRCP
(1834–1892) was an Indian-born British medical officer and author. He studied at St. George's Hospital, London.
He was with the Bengal Army, assistant surgeon in the Bengal Medical Service, and went with Harry Burnett Lumsden
on the 1857 mission to Afghanistan. He was in Mardan
with the Corps of Guides
in the 1860s, and was then in Peshawar
as a civil surgeon. He was appointed political officer at Kabul
. He became Surgeon-General of India, retiring in 1886.
He wrote a number of books on contemporary India and Afghanistan, including the first grammar in English of Pashto.
Membership of the Royal College of Physicians
Membership of the Royal Colleges of Physicians is a postgraduate medical diploma. The examinations are run by the Federation of the Medical Royal Colleges of the United Kingdom – the Royal College of Physicians of London, the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, and the Royal College...
(1834–1892) was an Indian-born British medical officer and author. He studied at St. George's Hospital, London.
He was with the Bengal Army, assistant surgeon in the Bengal Medical Service, and went with Harry Burnett Lumsden
Harry Burnett Lumsden
Lieutenant-General Sir Harry Burnett "Joe" Lumsden was a British military officer active in India.Lumsden was born aboard the East India Company’s ship Rose in the Bay of Bengal, the son of a British Army Colonel Thomas Lumsden, C.B...
on the 1857 mission to Afghanistan. He was in Mardan
Mardan
Mardan , known as The city of hospitality, is a city and headquarters of Mardan District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan. It is the de facto headquarters of the Yousafzai tribe and the second most populous city in the province, located at 34°12'0N 72°1'60E and an altitude of in the south...
with the Corps of Guides
Corps of Guides (British India)
The Corps of Guides was a regiment of the British Indian Army which served in the North West Frontier and had a unique composition of being part infantry and part cavalry.-History:...
in the 1860s, and was then in Peshawar
Peshawar
Peshawar is the capital of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and the administrative center and central economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan....
as a civil surgeon. He was appointed political officer at Kabul
Kabul
Kabul , spelt Caubul in some classic literatures, is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan. It is also the capital of the Kabul Province, located in the eastern section of Afghanistan...
. He became Surgeon-General of India, retiring in 1886.
He wrote a number of books on contemporary India and Afghanistan, including the first grammar in English of Pashto.
Works
- A Grammar of the Pooshtoo Language (1854)(Simon Wallenberg Press)
- Journal of a Political Mission to Afghanistan in 1857 (1862)
- A General Report on the Yusufzais (1864)
- Afghanistan and the Afghans : being a brief review of the history of the country and account of its people, with a special reference to the present crisis and war with the Amir Sher Ali Khan (1879)
- Races of Afghanistan (1880)
- The History of Cholera in India from 1862 to 1881 (1885)
- A short practical treatise on the nature, causes, and treatment of cholera (1887)
- A Dictionary of the Pukkhto or Pushto Language, in which the words are traced to their sources in the Indian and Persian Languages (Simon wallenberg Press)Updated by Gayan Chand.
- An Inquiry into the Ethnography of Afghanistan (1891)
- Kashmir and Kashghar: A Narrative of the Journey of the Embassy to Kashghar in 1873-74
- From the Indus to the Tigris(Simon Wallenberg Press)