# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/eldred-pottinger
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:17:01.156Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/eldred-pottinger"
name: "Eldred Pottinger"
slug: "eldred-pottinger"
description: "Eldred Pottinger was a Bombay 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."
tagline: "British artillerist and adventurer (1811–1843)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Eldred-pottinger-c1840.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1811-08-12"
deathDate: "1843-11-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.63
  momentum:             3.442622950819671
  historical:           8.744493333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "埃尔德雷德·璞鼎查"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Eldred Pottinger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Eldred Pottinger"
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    title: "الدرد پاتینجر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Eldred Pottinger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eldred_Pottinger"
    title: "Eldred Pottinger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Eldred Pottinger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Eldred Pottinger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "اېلډرېډ پاټېنجر"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump