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	*''[https://archive.org/details/cambridgehistory035492mbp The Cambridge history of India Vol. III Turks and Afghans.]'' University Press, Cambridge, 1928. Edited by Wolseley Haig.		*''[https://archive.org/details/cambridgehistory035492mbp The Cambridge history of India Vol. III Turks and Afghans.]'' University Press, Cambridge, 1928. Edited by Wolseley Haig.
	*''Persian grammar''. [[Linguaphone (company)\|Linguaphone Institute]], London, c. 1930.		*''Persian grammar''. [[Linguaphone (company)\|Linguaphone Institute]], London, c. 1930.
	*''Persian''. Linguaphone Institute, London, 1933. (With Darab Khan, Mojtaba Minovi and Ghulām Ḣusain) (third edition)		*''Persian''. Linguaphone Institute, London, 1933. (With Darab Khan, Mojtaba Minovi and Ghulām Ḣusain) (third edition) (Linguaphone Oriental language Courses)
	*''The Cambridge shorter history of India''. University Press, Cambridge, 1934. Editor [[H. H. Dodwell (historian)\|H.H. Dodwell]]. (contributor)		*''The Cambridge shorter history of India''. University Press, Cambridge, 1934. Editor [[H. H. Dodwell (historian)\|H.H. Dodwell]]. (contributor)
	*''The Cambridge history of India Vol. IV The Mughul period''. University Press, Cambridge, 1937. Planned by Wolseley Haig, edited by [[Richard Burn (Indologist)\|Richard Burn]].		*''The Cambridge history of India Vol. IV The Mughul period''. University Press, Cambridge, 1937. Planned by Wolseley Haig, edited by [[Richard Burn (Indologist)\|Richard Burn]].

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{{Infobox officeholder
|name=Sir Wolsley Haig
|honorific-prefix= [[Lieutenant-Colonel]]
|honorific-suffix = [[Order of the Indian Empire|KCIE]] [[Order of the Star of India|CSI]] [[Order of St Michael and St George|CMG]] [[Order of the British Empire|CBE]]
|image=Sir Thomas Wolseley Haig 1865-1938.jpg
|office = [[Albany Herald]]
|monarch = [[George V of the United Kingdom|George V]]
|term_start = 1927
|term_end = 1935
|predecessor = [[George Swinton|Sir George Swinton]]
|successor = [[Thomas Innes of Learney|Sir Thomas Innes]]
|
|1blankname1 = Workplaces
|1namedata1 = [[Trinity College, Dublin]]<br>[[School of Oriental and African Studies]]
|1blankname2 = Languages
|1namedata2 = [[Persian language|Persian]], [[Arabic]], [[Hindustani language|Hindustani]]
|alma_mater=[[Wellington College, Berkshire]]}}

'''Sir Thomas Wolseley Haig''' [[Order of the Indian Empire|KCIE]] [[Order of the Star of India|CSI]] [[Order of St Michael and St George|CMG]] [[Order of the British Empire|CBE]] (7 August 1865<ref name=TimesObit/> – 28 April 1938<ref>"Deaths" in ''The Times'', 30 April 1938, p. 1.</ref>) was a civil servant in [[British India]], then Professor at [[Trinity College, Dublin]], and later a [[Albany Herald|Scottish herald]].

==Early life==
Haig was the son of Major Robert Wolseley Haig RA, [[Fellow of the Royal Society|FRS]], (1830–72) the military astronomer. He was descended from the Haigs of Bonnington, branch of the Border house of Haig of [[Bemersyde House|Bemersyde]]. He is thus related to the first [[Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig|Lord Haig]]. He was educated at [[Wellington College, Berkshire|Wellington College]], and then [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst|Sandhurst]].<ref name=TimesObit/>

==Army career==
Haig joined the [[Seaforth Highlanders]] in 1884 and was transferred to the [[British Indian Army|Indian Army]] in 1887 where he served in Upper Burma (1887–89) fighting [[Dacoity|"dacoits"]] (bandits).<ref name=TimesObit/> He won a medal and clasp for his service.<ref name=who>[http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U210614 "HAIG, Lt-Col Sir (Thomas) Wolseley"] in ''[[Who Was Who]]'', [[A & C Black]], [[Oxford University Press]], 2014, online edition. Retrieved 28 May 2014.</ref> He was promoted to [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|Captain]] on 6 February 1895, and to [[Major (British Army)|Major]] on 6 February 1902.<ref>{{London Gazette| issue=27428 |page=2794 |date=25 April 1902}}</ref>

==Indian civil service==
Haig entered the Berar Commission in 1892 and became Assistant Commissioner, then Deputy Commissioner, Inspector-General of Police, Jails, Stamps, Registration, and Excise, and Civil and Sessions Judge. He was officiating Secretary to the Board of Examiners, [[Fort William, India|Fort William]], 1897 and 1898–99. He entered the Political Department in 1901 as First Assistant to the Resident at [[Hyderabad]], a post that gave him day to day control of Berar.<ref name=TimesObit/>

Haig became Assistant Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department, in 1907, then Political Agent in [[Alwar]], 1907–08. Following the assassination of [[William Hutt Curzon Wyllie|Sir Curzon Wyllie]] in London by [[Madan Lal Dhingra]] in 1909, Haig was appointed officiating Political ADC to the Secretary of State for India 1909–10 ([[John Morley, 1st Viscount Morley of Blackburn|Lord Morley]]).

Haig's final years abroad were spent mostly in Persia. He was the British Consul at [[Kerman]] in 1910, became First Assistant to the Agent to the Governor-General in [[Baluchistan]] in 1912 and quickly moved on to become Consul-General and Agent to the Government of India, [[Khurasan]], Persia in 1914–16. He held the same post at Ispahan 1916 and Tehran 1919. He retired in 1920.<ref name=TimesObit/>

==Academic career==
Soon after Haig returned to Europe, he was appointed Professor of Arabic, Persian and Hindustani at [[Trinity College, Dublin]]. Later he was lecturer in Persian at the [[School of Oriental Studies]], University of London. Haig was known for his meticulous attention to detail and the careful planning which went into his work. Some reviewers said that he tended to go too far and produce an overly-detailed end result, but his writings appeared in the ''Journal'' of the [[Royal Asiatic Society]], and other learned societies, and he was assigned the third and fourth volumes of ''[[The Cambridge History of India]]''. Unfortunately, he was only able to fully complete the third volume before illness set in and the fourth had to be completed by [[Richard Burn (Indologist)|Richard Burn]] to Haig's plan. It was published in 1937, the year before Haig's death.<ref name=TimesObit/>

Haig made two important translations into English of [[`Abd al-Qadir Bada'uni|Badaoni's]] ''Tarikh-i-Bada'uni'' (history), a source for the reign of [[Emperor Akbar]]'s, and the ''Burhan-i-Massir'' of Tabatabai, an important source for the [[Nizam Shahi]] dynasty of [[Ahmadnagar]].<ref name=TimesObit/>

==Herald==
Haig was appointed [[March Pursuivant]] of Arms in Scotland in 1923 and was [[Albany Herald]] 1927–35.<ref name=who/>

{{Infobox COA wide
|image = Arms_of_Haig_of_Bemersyde.svg
|escutcheon = Azure a saltire between two mullets in chief and base and a decrescent and increscent in fess Argent a bordure engrailed and parted per pale Or and Vert charged with three horse shoes counterchanged. <ref>{{cite book|title=Officers of Arms in Scotland 1290-2016 |author=Charles John Burnett Esq. |date=2016}}</ref>}}

==Personal life==
Haig married Beatrice, older sister of [[Michael Lloyd Ferrar]], ICS, in 1892. Beatrice died in 1927. They had one son (Robert Wolseley) who joined the [[Imperial Bank of Persia|Imperial Bank of Iran]], and two daughters (Margaret Wolseley and Helen Ferrar).<ref name=TimesObit/>

==Death==
Haig died at home, in [[Kensington]], London, on 28 April 1938 after a long illness.<ref name=TimesObit>"Obituary: Sir Wolseley Haig, Soldier Administrator, Orientalist" in ''The Times'', 30 April 1938, p. 14.</ref>

==Selected publications==
;Books
*''Hints on the study of Urdu, for the use of candidates for the lower and higher standard examinations in that language''. Pioneer Press, Allahabad, 1898.
*''[https://archive.org/details/historiclandmark00haigrich Historical landmarks of the Deccan.]'' Pioneer Press, Allahabad, 1907.
*''The history of the Nizam Shahi kings of Ahmadnagar''. British India Press/Education Society's Press, Bombay, 1923. (Reprinted from ''[[The Indian Antiquary]]'', April 1920 – November 1923.)
*''[https://archive.org/details/cambridgehistory035492mbp The Cambridge history of India Vol. III Turks and Afghans.]'' University Press, Cambridge, 1928. Edited by Wolseley Haig.
*''Persian grammar''. [[Linguaphone (company)|Linguaphone Institute]], London, c. 1930.
*''Persian''. Linguaphone Institute, London, 1933. (With Darab Khan, Mojtaba Minovi and Ghulām Ḣusain) (third edition)
*''The Cambridge shorter history of India''. University Press, Cambridge, 1934. Editor [[H. H. Dodwell (historian)|H.H. Dodwell]]. (contributor)
*''The Cambridge history of India Vol. IV The Mughul period''. University Press, Cambridge, 1937. Planned by Wolseley Haig, edited by [[Richard Burn (Indologist)|Richard Burn]].
;Other works
*Various entries in ''[[The Encyclopaedia of Islam]]''.
*Contributions to the Persian ''Bible'' published in London by B. & F.B.S., 1928.

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