Dictionary of Indian Biography/Abdul Musseah, Rev.

by Charles Edward Buckland

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ABDUL MUSSEAH, REV. (? –1827)

Born at Delhi; his original name was Sheikh Salih: son of a learned man, a teacher: became a Munshi at Lucknow to Englishmen: served at the Oudh Court, and was a trooper under the Mahrattas: he turned to Christianity on hearing preaching at Cawnpur, and was baptized at Calcutta by Rev. D. Brown (q. v.) in 1811, receiving his name Abdul Musseah; became in 1812 a catechist of the C.M.S., a teacher and preacher and writer of commentaries on Scripture, making converts: about 1820 he received Lutheran ordination, and undertook Missionary work, remaining at Agra till 1825: ordained by Bishop Heber as minister of the Established Church at Calcutta, 1825: died March 4, 1827.