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'The views and opinions of Brigadier General John Jacob, CB. Aide-decamp to the Queen; Aide-de-camp to the Governor General of India, &c. &c. &c.; late commanding in chief the British forces in Persia; at present commanding the Sind Irregular Horse, and Political Superintendent of the North-West frontier of Sind.' [‎157] (188/481)

The record is made up of 1 volume (446 pages). It was created in 1858. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: Printed Collections.

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assamee, the sale should be by public auction, for ready
money only ; that no one should be allowed to bid except
bargheers and silidars not holding already more than two
horses in the corps. No borrowing of money, in order to
purchase, to be allowed.
That under every circumstance, the assamees should be
held only during good behaviour; and that no sale or
transfer should ever take place without the express permis
sion of the commandant first obtained.
Finally, that the price of an assamee was just what it
would fetch, whether Rs. 5 or Rs. 500.
These rules have been strictly acted on in the Sind
Irregular Horse since 1842, and with the happiest results.
The silidars were at first somewhat startled at the com
plete overthrow of all their accustomed habits and received
ideas concernino; silidar arrangements, and I was even told
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that the ready-money sales would be absolutely impossible;
but the arrangements had not long been in force before
their benefit was apparent to all.
The drain on the capital of the regiment by silidars not
in the service, and by the interest paid to shroffs under the
system of purchasing on credit, being stopped, it was found
that not only were ready-money purchases perfectly prac
ticable, but the prices rapidly rose.
Since I joined the Sind Irregular Horse 1,100 assamees
have been presented free to the men of the corps, each
man on receiving his assamee paying Rs. 20 donation to
the regimental fund. At the time of raising my second
regiment, when 800 places were given to the silidars, of
course there was little or no selling of assamees, but soon
afterwards they were sold for Rs. 600 to Rs. 700. r l his is
the price which they still fetch, and appears to be the rate
to which they have settled down.

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The views and opinions of Brigadier General John Jacob, CB. Aide-decamp to the Queen; Aide-de-camp to the Governor General of India, &c. &c. &c.; late commanding in chief the British forces in Persia; at present commanding the Sind Irregular Horse, and Political Superintendent of the North-West frontier Region of British India bordering Afghanistan. of Sind.

Collected and Edited by Captain Lewis Pelly, author of 'Our North-West Frontier Region of British India bordering Afghanistan. '.

Publication details: Bombay, Smith, Taylor and Co. 1858.

Physical description: 8º.

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1 volume (446 pages)
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This volume contains a table of contents giving chapter headings and page references. Each chapter heading is followed by a detailed breakdown of the contents of that chapter. There is an alphabetic index at the back of the volume.

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Dimensions: 224mm x 145mm.

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'The views and opinions of Brigadier General John Jacob, CB. Aide-decamp to the Queen; Aide-de-camp to the Governor General of India, &c. &c. &c.; late commanding in chief the British forces in Persia; at present commanding the Sind Irregular Horse, and Political Superintendent of the North-West frontier of Sind.' [‎157] (188/481), British Library: Printed Collections, 8023.d.37., in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100024086602.0x0000bd> [accessed 7 June 2024]

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