MOCKLER, Edward. Belgaum 18.9.1842 — Guernsey 4.3.1927. British Colonial Officer. Son of Surgeon-Major Edward Mockler, Sr. (1810–1887) and Ann Sarah Pritchard (d. 1845). Joined Indian Army in 1859. From 1866 mainly in political offices, first in Aden, from 1873 in Makran. From 1979 Assistant to the Governor General’s Agent for Baluchistan, then in Basra and Muskat. After a leave in England from 1892 Political Resident / Consul General in Turkish Arabia (Baghdad and Basra), now as Colonel, remained there until retirement in 1898 as Major-General. Married 1884 Sarah Ross. He was interested in archaeology and history.
Publications: “On Ruins in Makrán”, JRAS 9, 1876, 121-134; “On the Identification of Places on the Makrān Coast mentioned by Arrian, Ptolemy, and Marcian”, JRAS 11, 1879, 129-154; “Origin of the Baloch”, JASB 64, 1895, 30-36.
– A Grammar of the Baloochee Language, as it is spoken in Makrān (ancient Gedrosia), in the Persi-Arabic and Roman characters. L. 1877.
Sources: *A. Korn & E. Zair, Encyclop. Iranica 2017 (online 2025) with portrait.