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'''Abdul Hamid''', also known as '''Mohamed-i-Hameed''', was an Indian surveyor from the Punjab. He was employed by [[Thomas George Montgomerie]], as part of the Kashmir Survey project of the [[Survey of India]], to explore and survey areas of Central Asia beyond the Indian frontier to which the British were not allowed access.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://irvinehistorynotes.yolasite.com/thomas-george-montgomerie.php|title = Thomas George Montgomerie}}</ref>

Abdul Hamid was the first of the clandestine surveyors sent by Montgomerie into Central Asia. In 1863 he was sent to survey the road to [[Yarkant (town)|Yarkand]] in East ("Chinese") Turkestan (now [[Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region]], [[China]]). After reaching Yarkand, the capital of an ancient Buddhist kingdom on the southern arm of the [[Silk Road]] trading route, he lived there for six months making observations on the area. After he fell ill and died returning through the Karakoram mountains, [[William Johnson (surveyor)|William Johnson]], another employee of the Survey, recovered his survey notes and sent them on to Montgomerie.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://irvinehistorynotes.yolasite.com/thomas-george-montgomerie.php|title = Thomas George Montgomerie}}</ref>

Montgomerie subsequently presented a paper to the [[Royal Geographical Society]] about Abdul Hamid's expedition, "On the Geographical Position of Yarkund and Other Places in Central Asia".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://irvinehistorynotes.yolasite.com/thomas-george-montgomerie.php|title = Thomas George Montgomerie}}</ref>

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