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'''Charles Hamilton''' (1753?–1792) was a British orientalist, known for his English translation of ''[[Al-Hidayah (book)|Al-Hidayah]]''.

==Life==
Born in [[Belfast]] about 1753, he was the only son of Charles Hamilton (died 1759), merchant, by Katherine Mackay (died 1767). After spending two years in the office of a Dublin merchant, he obtained a cadetship on the [[East India Company]]'s establishment at [[Bengal]], and went to India in 1776. He gained his first commission on 24 October that year, and was promoted lieutenant on 10 July 1778.<ref name="DNB">{{cite DNB|wstitle=Hamilton, Charles (1753?-1792)|volume=24}}</ref>

Hamilton studied oriental languages, and became one of the first members of the [[Asiatic Society of Calcutta]]. He returned to England for his major work of translation, completed and published in 1791. He was appointed resident at the court of the grand vizier at [[Oudh]], and prepared to leave England. Symptoms of [[tuberculosis|consumption]], however, appeared, and he was recommended to take a voyage to [[Lisbon]]; but he died at [[Hampstead]] on 14 March 1792, aged 39, and was buried in [[Bunhill Fields]]. A monument to his memory was later erected in Belfast by his sisters, who included [[Elizabeth Hamilton (writer)|Elizabeth Hamilton]].<ref name="DNB"/>

==Works==
While engaged in an expedition against the [[Rohilla]]s he collected the materials ''Historical Relation of the Origin, Progress, and Final Dissolution of the Government of the Rohilla Afgans in the Northern Provinces of Hindostan'', 1787, compiled from a Persian manuscript and other original papers. In 1786 he obtained permission to return home for five years in order to translate from Persian the ''Al-Hidayah'', published as the ''Hedaya, or Guide'', a work of ''[[fiqh]]''; he was selected for the task by the governor-general and council of Bengal. The work appear in four quarto volumes, in 1791. A second edition of the ''Hedaya'', by Standish Grove Grady, was published in 1870.<ref name="DNB"/>

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