Martin Dobos
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| Birth name | Martin Zoltán Dobos |
| Born | 18 October 1781 Törökszentmiklós, Magyaria, Aurucolia |
| Died | 9 January 1866 (aged 84) Körsmisze, Magyaria, Aurucolia |
| Allegiance |  Aurucolia |
| Branch/Service | Holy Imperial Aurucolian Army Aurucolian East Indiae Company |
| Rank | General |
| Commands held | I Corps, Army of Indiae |
| Battles/wars | Sandoric Wars |
| Awards | Knight's Cross of the Military Order of Fruzsina Katalin |
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| Other work | Author |
Martin Zoltán Dobos (18 October 1781 – 9 January 1866) was an Aurucolian general officer that served under the Aurucolian East Indiae Company during the Sandoric Wars.
Dobos first served in Scandinavia during the War of the Third Coalition, and participated in the Battle of Tangerbeck, where he commanded a regiment. After the war ended, he was assigned to offer his services to the East Indiae Company. Upon his arrival in West Indiae in 1809, he was assigned to Bakhtawer Wahandi, one of the Sikh Empire's respected field commanders and would become close friends. Dobos was one of the best Aurucolian commanders in the Sikh and Aurucolian War with his skilled strategic and tactical maneuvers, a feat that Wahandi and his mentor Marshal Flórián Székely de Kisbátor commended; his exemplary accomplishments displaying this were his Breakthrough at Zanda, his assault at the Battle of Kanpur and his defense and pursuit of the Lucians at the Battle of Ghazipur-Panjwran. For his proficiency, Dobos was appointed a member of Wahandi's general staff, and would often participate in strategic planning.
After the death of Wahandi at the Fall of Darjeeling, Dobos and Surajprakash Kerah retreated to Patna, where he would meet and fight against his best friend Johannes Vandemeer. The Second Battle of Patna was the start of one of the greatest military rivalries in not only the Sikh and Aurucolian War, but the entire Sandoric Wars. Dobos inflicted several defeats against Vandemeer, until he would be defeated at Delhi.
After the War of the Sixth Coalition ended in Sandor I's abdication, Dobos was allowed to return home and offer his services to Matthijs IV as Field Marshal before retiring in 1845. He is also an author, and wrote his famous memoirs The Saffron Turban, Reflections of My Rivalry Against My Best Friend, Gatka, and Leisure in the Punjab in his later life. He is also famous for marrying Paramsimran Jatri, a Punjabi woman who would become an influential in the Aurucolian women's suffrage movement.
Dobos is the 4th great-grandfather of Lazlo Pongrác.
Early life
Military career
Indiae
Back to Aurucolia
Later life
Selected works
- The Saffron Turban (1840)
- Reflections of My Rivalry Against My Best Friend (1854)
- Gatka (1859)
- Leisure in the Punjab (1863)