Records of the clan and name of Fergusson, Ferguson and Fergus. Supplement

82 CLAN FERGUSSON
Comrnander-hvChief, Sujah-ul-Moolk ; and the following
day the battle of Kush-ab was fought, an affair chiefly of
cavalry and artillery, in which the Shah's army was defeated,
with great loss of men and a few guns.
Lieut. Fergusson received the Indian War Medal with
clasp for ' Persia.'
In June 1857 Fergusson's regiment fortunately returned to
Sinde ; at the moment of landing at Kurrachee, after three
weeks at sea, the news was received of the outbreak of the
Mutiny.
In September he was detached in command of a small
party of fifty-six men, chiefly of the 1st Bombay, now Royal
Dublin Fusiliers, with orders to proceed by steamer, with
fiat in tow, up the river Indus to Upper Sinde, and afford
assistance to the station of Shikarpore. The instructions
Avere, if found necessary, to occupy the island of Bukker in
the Indus, as a refuge for the European residents, with what
guns and treasure could be saved. He arrived at Sukker on
21st September, where he received charge of Duria Khan, a
Belooch chief seized by Sir William Mereweather, command-
ing on the Sinde frontier. A rescue was threatened, but the
prisoner was safely got off on board the steamer. The same
night the native artillery at Shikarpore, twenty-four miles
distant, broke out and seized the guns. Fergusson with his
detachment was able to reach the station in time to be of
use to the residents. His party was some weeks after-
wards relieved by a detachment under his class-fellow,
Captain James Paton of the 4th King's Own.
With his regiment he proceeded, in November, to Belgaum,
in the Southern Marathi Country . . . ; and in February
1858 took part in the pursuit, on the borders of the Nizam's
country, of the Rajah of Shorapore, the pupil of Colonel
Meadows Taylor, who had rebelled.
Returning home on sick leave, Lieutenant Fergusson
studied at the School of Musketry, Hythe, and received a
first-class certificate. He passed an examination in the
Hindustani language in Bombay in 1862, and was subse-
quently employed on the staff of the army at various stations.
As captain he served at Aden, holding the office of Brigade-
Major. After promotion to major in the Staff Corps, he