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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Captain Hiram Cox''' (1760–1799) was a [[British Empire|British]] [[diplomat]], serving in [[Bengal]] and [[Burma]] in the 18th century. The city of [[Cox's Bazar]] in [[Bangladesh]] is named after him.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Captain Hiram Cox's Mission to Burma, 1796-1798: A Case of Irrational Behaviour in Diplomacy |journal = Journal of Southeast Asian Studies|volume = 12|issue = 2|pages = 433–451|author=G. P. Ramachandra|publisher=Cambridge University Press |date=September 1981|jstor = 20070440|doi = 10.1017/S0022463400009966}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4j6Euu_0YcAC&q=captain+hiram+cox&pg=PA512 |title=Literary Gazette and Journal of Belles Lettres, Arts, Sciences, Volume 8 |date= 1842-08-07|accessdate=2012-12-27|last1=Jerdan |first1=William |last2=Workman |first2=William Ring |last3=Arnold |first3=Frederick |last4=Morley |first4=John |last5=Goodwin |first5=Charles Wycliffe }}</ref><br />
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== Biography ==<br />
As an officer of the [[East India Company]], Captain Cox was appointed Superintendent of Palongkee outpost after [[Warren Hastings]] became [[Governor of Bengal]]. Captain Cox was specially mobilised to deal with a century-long conflict between Arakan refugees and local Rakhains (see [[Rakhine State]]).<ref>Hiram Cox, ''Journal of a Residence in the Burmhan Empire,'' London, 1821 (reprinted Gregg International, Farnborough, England, 1971, nb, Preface, pp.vii-viii [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=mbsNAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=%22Journal+of+a+Residence+in+the+Burmhan+Empire%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwju_YuL7YXhAhVMK48KHeWtDsMQ6AEIKjAA#v=onepage&q=%22Journal%20of%20a%20Residence%20in%20the%20Burmhan%20Empire%22&f=false]).</ref> He embarked upon the mammoth task of rehabilitating refugees in the area and made significant progress. A premature death took Captain Cox in 1799 before he could finish his work.<ref>''The Morning Post'' and ''The Star'' (London), 3 March; ''The Morning Herald'' (London), 8 May; ''The Oracle'' (London), 16 June; ''The Star'' (London), 20 June 1800.</ref> To commemorate his role in rehabilitation work, a market was established and named after him: Cox's Bazar ("Cox's Market").<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bangladeshunlocked.blogspot.com/2010/09/captain-hiram-cox-1760-1799.html |title=Captain Hiram Cox 1760-1799. Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh |website=Bangladesh Unlocked |type=Blog |date= 2010-09-06|accessdate=2012-12-27}}</ref><br />
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Cox was a member of the [[Asiatic Society]], contributing scholarly articles on Asian culture to its journal ''Asiatic Researches''. He is most noted for his long-debunked theory of the origin of [[chess]] as a four-player game, known as the [[Cox-Forbes theory]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Oa4UAAAAYAAJ&q=hiram+cox&pg=PA297 |title=The History of Chess |author=Duncan Forbes (linguist) |author-link=Duncan Forbes (linguist) |publisher=Wm H Allen & Co |year=1860 |accessdate=2012-12-27}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Cox's Bazar]]<br />
* [[Resident (title)#Residents in Asia|Residents in Asia]]<br />
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