Thug: The True Story Of India's Murderous Cult (62 page)

Naga robber bands,
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Nagpore,
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Nanha (Rajah of Jhalone),
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Nasik,
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Nasir (Thug),
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Native Infantry,
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23rd Regiment of,
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see also
sepoys

Native States,
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justice in,
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Thugs prefer to operate in,
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Nawab Subzee Khan,
see
Khan, Subzee

Nepal,
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Nerbudda (river),
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Nizamat Adalat,
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nujeebs (mounted militiamen),
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Nursingpore,
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Ochterlony, David,
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omens,
see
Thugs, superstitions of

Omrow (Thug)
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Oomroutee,
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opium,
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Orissa,
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Ormea (Thug),
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Oudh, Kingdom of,
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King of,
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Thugs of,
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Patna,
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Paton, James,
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&n,
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dialogues with Thugs,
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plots Thug beles on map,
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Peerbuksh (Thug),
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penal colonies

Andaman Islands,
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Malaya,
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Mauritius,
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Sumatra,
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Perry, Thomas,
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and Thugs,
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Persaud (Thug),
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Persia,
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Pfirmann, Gustav,
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Phansigars,
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meaning of term,
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Phoolsa (Thug leader),
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pickaxe,
see
Thugs, rituals of

Pindaris,
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police

darogahs of,
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East India Company,
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Indian,
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political officers (‘Politicals’),
see
East India Company, political officers of

polygars,
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Poona,
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Pooree,
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Popham, Captain,
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Port Blair,
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pricking the garter,
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&n

Pringle, John,
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Punchum Jemadar,
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pundits,
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Punjab,
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Punkahs,
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Punna (Thug),
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Punna (village),
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Purusram (Thug leader),
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n

Quarterly Review
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Rada Kishun (Thug),
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&n,
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Rajpootana,
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Thugs of,
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Rajputs,
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Ram, Gomanee,
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Rama Jemadar the First,
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Ramasee (Thug slang),
see
Thugs, argot of

Rambles and Recollections of an Indian
Official
,
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Rambuksh (Thug),
1

Rampoora,
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n

Rampoora, Rajah of,
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Ramsooth (Thug),
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Ramzan (Thug),
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ravine country,
see
Chambel Ravines

Residents,
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&n,
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opposition to anti-Thug campaign among,
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Rewah,
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Reynolds, PA,
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River Thugs,
see
Thugs, River roads

condition of,
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dangers of,
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see also
Grand Trunk Road

Robb, Ferris,
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Rohilkhand,
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Roy Barelly,
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Roy, Parama,
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Rule of the Bones,
see
Thugs, superstitions of

rumal (strangling cloth),
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Rushdan, Rajah of,
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St Leger, William,
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Salmon, WO,
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Salohda,
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Sannyasis,
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Satpuda hills,
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Saugor,
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Thugs of,
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Saugor & Nerbudda Territory,
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Sayyids,
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School of Industry (Thug reformatory),
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Seeam (Thug),
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Sehore,
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Seonee,
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sepoys,
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murdered by Thugs,
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recruited predominantly from Oudh,
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servants,
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seths (Indian bankers),
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Sewagunge,
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Shakespear, John,
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Sheikh Ahmed (Thug leader),
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Sheikh Bazeed,
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Sheikh Dawood Newly,
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Sheikh Inaent (Thug leader),
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Sheikh Macub (Thug leader),
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Sheikh Madaree,
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Sheikh Nungoo,
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Shekoabad,
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Sherwood, Mrs,
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Sherwood, Richard,
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Sholapoor,
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shumsheeras,
see
Thugs, handholders employed by

Shumshera (Thug),
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Sikh Thugs,
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Sikhs,
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Simla,
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Sinde (river),
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Sindhia (Maratha ruler of Gwalior),
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Sindhia, Madaji,
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Sindouse,
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British forces at,
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Singh, Dun,
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Singh, Hurree,
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Singh, Kuleean,
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Singh, Newul,
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Singh, Rae,
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Singh, Raja Madho,
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Singh, Rukbur,
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Singha, Radhika,
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Sixty Soul Affair,
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Sleeman, Amélie,
see
Fontenne, Amélie de

Sleeman, Elizabeth,
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Sleeman, James,
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Sleeman, Philip,
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Sleeman, William,
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n,
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academic interests of,
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achievement of,
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ambition of,
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announces end of anti-Thug campaign,
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appearance of,
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approves mutilation of dead Thugs,
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approves relaxation of standards for arrest and conviction of Thugs,
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becomes aware of Thugs,
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as big game hunter,
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builds police machinery for anti-Thug campaign,
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career of,
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character of,
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charged with suppression of dacoity,
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children of,
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commitment to anti-Thug campaign,
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conversations with Thugs,
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creates new approvers (1830),
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death of,
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despondent at size of task,
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develops Thug hunting techniques,
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education of,
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evidence in Thug trials and,
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initial arrests by,
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interest in Indian peasantry,
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,

Jubbulpore School of Industry and,
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later career of,
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limitations of understanding of India,
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linguistic ability,
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methods of assessed,
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not disciplined for breaches of regulations,
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opinions of India,
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opponents of anti-Thug campaign and,
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portrait of,
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pursues Feringeea,
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relations with approvers,
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reports of,
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reputation among Thugs,
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on sick leave,
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suffers from malaria,
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tests Feringeea,
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transfers to political service,
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United States and,
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Sleemanabad,
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Smith, Francis Curwen,
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presides over Thug trials,
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smuggling,
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Soghur (son of Kuleean Singh),
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Sohanee,
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Sopur, Cotwal of,
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sotha,
see
Thugs, inveigling of victims by

Spry, Henry,
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Starke, Marianna,
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n

Stewart, Josiah,
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Stockwell, George,
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strangulation, difficulty of,
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Stratton,
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Sue, Eugene,
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Sujaina,
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Sumachar Durpan
(newspaper),
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Suntuk Arn (Sindouse zamindar),
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Sursae,
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suttee,
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suttoo,
1

Swinton, George,
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Syeed Amir Ali,
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Syfoo (Thug),
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