188 MIRZA ALI ACBAR KHAN BAHADUR. 



Amongst those who served the Government 

 well during the stirring period of Sir Charles 

 Napier's command in Sindh, few men were 

 more distinguished than his own moonshee, 

 Mirza Ali Acbar Khan Bahadur, as appears by 

 His Excellency's mention of him in several 

 official j^apers, and especially in a speech at a 

 public dinner, just before he quitted India, as 

 follows : — 



'' In the wars of Sindh there were some officers 

 who did more for me than I did for them. The 

 first I shall mention is Captain Brown of the 

 Bengal army, who is now dead ; a braver and 

 better soldier never lived. Of the second I 

 shall not say anything, as he is a relative of 

 mine, I mean Major McMurdo. But the third, 

 of whom I shall and will speak, is my moon- 

 shee, Ali Acbar ; this man stood by me in the 

 day of danger ; he was of the greatest assistance 

 to me throughout the campaign in Sindh ; he 

 was my tongue, and now I find him in dis- 

 grace. I am not aware upon what information 

 the Government has acted. I charge no man 

 with injustice, but I have a right to say that 

 Ali Acbar did more for the conquest of Sindh 

 than a thousand soldiers could have done. I 



