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'''Eldred Pottinger''' (12 August 1811{{snd}}15 November 1843) was an [[Anglo-Indian]] army officer and diplomat. In 1837 he happened to be in [[Herat]] in [[Afghanistan]] to gather intelligence on the area when the Persian army, supported by Russians, laid siege to the city. He helped the Afghan commander repulse the Persians, and was subsequently dubbed the "Hero of Herat" by British historians. | '''Eldred Pottinger''' (12 August 1811{{snd}}15 November 1843) was an [[Anglo-Indian]] army officer and diplomat. In 1837 he happened to be in [[Herat]] in [[Afghanistan]] to gather intelligence on the area when the Persian army, supported by Russians, laid siege to the city. He helped the Afghan commander repulse the Persians, and was subsequently dubbed the "Hero of Herat" by British historians. | ||
==Life== | ==Life== | ||
Pottinger was born on | Pottinger was born on 12 August 1811 in [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|Ireland]]. He was the eldest son of Thomas Pottinger of Mount Pottinger, [[County Down]] (now in [[Northern Ireland]]), and Charlotte Moore.<ref name=":1" /> He was educated at [[Addiscombe Military Seminary]] (1826–1827) and entered the [[Bombay Artillery]] in 1827. After some years of regimental duty he was appointed to the political department under his uncle, Colonel (afterwards Sir) [[Henry Pottinger]].{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}} | ||
[[File:Eldred_Pottinger.jpg|thumb|left|Portrait by [[Colesworthey Grant]]]] | [[File:Eldred_Pottinger.jpg|thumb|left|Portrait by [[Colesworthey Grant]]]] | ||
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==Historiography== | ==Historiography== | ||
Pottinger's role in the siege of Harat was picked up by 19th-century British historiography, which described him as a genius of defensive sieges, and dubbed him the "Hero of Herat", as part of a [[propaganda]] campaign aiming to show the power of the British military, and to secure British domination in Middle East and Asia.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=Fedirko|first=J.|year=2007|title=Tragiczny Bohater Wyprawy Herackiej: Generał Izydor Borowski|url=http://www2.almamater.uj.edu.pl/94/30.pdf|journal=Alma Mater|language=pl|volume=94|pages=121–125}}</ref> | Pottinger's role in the siege of Harat was picked up by 19th-century British historiography, which described him as a genius of defensive sieges, and dubbed him the "Hero of Herat", as part of a [[propaganda]] campaign aiming to show the power of the British military, and to secure British domination in Middle East and Asia.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=Fedirko|first=J.|year=2007|title=Tragiczny Bohater Wyprawy Herackiej: Generał Izydor Borowski|url=http://www2.almamater.uj.edu.pl/94/30.pdf|journal=Alma Mater|language=pl|volume=94|pages=121–125|access-date=16 March 2017|archive-date=15 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170315174550/http://www2.almamater.uj.edu.pl/94/30.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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* {{cite odnb |first1=William |last1=Broadfoot |first2=James (revised) |last2=Lunt |title=Pottinger, Eldred (1811–1843) |id=22625 |origyear=2004 |year=2010 }} | * {{cite odnb |first1=William |last1=Broadfoot |first2=James (revised) |last2=Lunt |title=Pottinger, Eldred (1811–1843) |id=22625 |origyear=2004 |year=2010 }} | ||
* {{cite book |first=Maud |last=Diver |author-link=Maud Diver|title=The Hero of Herat |url=https://archive.org/details/heroofheratfront00diveuoft |place=London |publisher=Constable & Co. |year=1912 }} | * {{cite book |first=Maud |last=Diver |author-link=Maud Diver|title=The Hero of Herat |url=https://archive.org/details/heroofheratfront00diveuoft |place=London |publisher=Constable & Co. |year=1912 }} | ||
* {{cite book|first=Maud|last=Diver|author-link=Maud Diver|url=https://www.wdl.org/en/item/19382/|title=The Judgment of the Sword. The Tale of the Kabul Tragedy, and of the Part Played Therein by Major Eldred Pottinger, the Hero of Herat.|place=London | * {{cite book|first=Maud|last=Diver|author-link=Maud Diver|url=https://www.wdl.org/en/item/19382/|title=The Judgment of the Sword. The Tale of the Kabul Tragedy, and of the Part Played Therein by Major Eldred Pottinger, the Hero of Herat.|place=London|publisher=G. P. Putnam's Sons|year=1914}} | ||
* {{cite book |first=Nigel |last=Hastilow|author-link=Nigel Hastilow|title=The Trials of Eldred Pottinger |place=Halesowen |publisher=Halesowen Press |year= | * {{cite book |first=Nigel |last=Hastilow|author-link=Nigel Hastilow|title=The Trials of Eldred Pottinger |place=Halesowen |publisher=Halesowen Press |year=2022}} | ||
* {{cite book|first=Henry Meredith|last=Vibart|title=Addiscombe: Its Heroes and Men of Note |place=Westminster |publisher=Archibald Constable and Co. |year=1894 |url=https://archive.org/details/addiscombeitsher00viba/page/n7/mode/2up |pages=[https://archive.org/details/addiscombeitsher00viba/page/426 426–431]|ol=23336661M}} | * {{cite book|first=Henry Meredith|last=Vibart|title=Addiscombe: Its Heroes and Men of Note |place=Westminster |publisher=Archibald Constable and Co. |year=1894 |url=https://archive.org/details/addiscombeitsher00viba/page/n7/mode/2up |pages=[https://archive.org/details/addiscombeitsher00viba/page/426 426–431]|ol=23336661M}} | ||
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