Name of a Pathan scribe (4)

I believe the answer is:

hans

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'name' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't judge whether this works.

'of a pathan scribe' is the wordplay.
'of' indicates a hidden word.
'HANS' is hidden in the letters of 'pathan scribe'.

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(Other definitions for hans that I've seen before include "'... Christian Andersen, storyteller (4)'" , "-- Christian Andersen, writer" , "German name" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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