MACLAINE, Lieutenant, of the Horse Artillery, in the Maiwand disaster; taken prisoner; murdered.
MACLAREN.
MACNAGHTEN, Lady; in the Retreat.
MACNAGHTEN, Sir William Hay, envoy to Shah Soojah, influence with Lord Auckland; his use of bribery; on the reception of the Shah at Candahar; enters Cabul with Shah Soojah; convinced of the Shah's popularity; real sovereign of Afghanistan; his mistakes; relations with the Ghilzais; consents to the abandonment of the Balla Hissar; relations with Herat; nervous about the communication; relation with Dost Mahomed; proposes to put a price on his head; receives his surrender; his peculiar temperament; his finance; discovers the unpopularity of the Shah; his conduct to the 'Gooroo' and Ghilzais; appointed Governor of Bombay; called upon to retrench; his conduct to Elphinstone; despatches Sale; his quarters at Cabul; demands the reduction of the Rikabashee fort; depression; negotiation about the Retreat; murdered.
MACPHERSON, Brigadier-General; in the December operations round Cabul; in the Great March; in the battle of Candahar.
MAHMOOD KHAN, fort of.
MAHMOUD SHAH, brother of Shah Soojah.
MAHOMED HASSAN KHAN, Abdurrahman's governor of Candahar, defeated by
Ayoub.
MAHOMED JAN, a Warduk general, defends the Asmai heights; attacked by
Massy and Macpherson; attack on the Sherpur cantonments.
MAHOMED MEERZA, Shah of Persia, his ambition, designs on Herat.