General John Briggs – Royal Asiatic Society

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General John Briggs (1785-1875)
John Briggs was an officer in the East India Company army. He entered the Madras army in 1801 and accompanied Sir John Malcolm on his mission to Persia in 1810. Briggs took…
26 April 2019
Digital Library, India, RAS Collections, RAS Lecture Series, RAS Library
General John Briggs (1785–1875)
Today, 27th April, marks the death of General John Briggs in 1875, aged 89. Briggs entered the Madras Army in 1801 and served in the Second Mahratta War. In 1810 he accompanied…
27 April 2017
Persian Manuscripts, Prints and Drawings, RAS Collections, RAS Library

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