Scots girl and two scholars died in city (9)
I believe the answer is:
islamabad
'city' is the definition.
(Islamabad is an example)
'scots girl and two scholars died' is the wordplay.
'two scholars' can mean two replacements for 'scholar'.
'scots girl' becomes 'isla' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'scholar' becomes 'ma'.
'scholar' becomes 'ba'.
'died' becomes 'd' (abbreviation next to the year of someone's death).
'isla'+'ma'+'ba'+'d'='ISLAMABAD'
'in' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for islamabad that I've seen before include "Pakistan's capital" , "Asian city" , "city of Pakistan?" , "capital city" , "Capital of Pakistan" .)