Editing Aurel Stein (section)

== Personal life ==

[[File:AurelSteinGrave.jpg|thumb|right|Photograph of Aurel Stein's grave marker in the [[Sherpur Cantonment]], Kabul]]

Stein was a lifelong bachelor, but was always accompanied by a dog named "Dash" (of which there were seven).<ref>[http://idp.bl.uk/archives/news18/idpnews_18.a4d#3 IDP Newsletter Issue No. 18] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100406233349/http://idp.bl.uk/archives/news18/idpnews_18.a4d#3 |date=6 April 2010 }}. Idp.bl.uk. Retrieved on 2014-06-06.</ref><ref>[http://idp.bl.uk/education/dash/index.htm Dash The Dog] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230924214007/http://idp.bl.uk/education/dash/index.htm |date=24 September 2023 }}. Idp.bl.uk. Retrieved on 2014-06-06.</ref> He became a [[British citizen]] in 1904.<ref name ="SteinODNB">{{Cite ODNB|id=36266|title=Stein, Sir (Marc) Aurel}}</ref> He died in [[Kabul]] on 26 October 1943 and is buried there in the [[Sherpur Cantonment]].<ref>North, Andrew. (9 June 2012) [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18369101 Afghanistan's 'graveyard of foreigners'] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180407183759/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18369101 |date=7 April 2018 }}. Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved on 2014-06-06.</ref>