!['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.' [‎366] (396/481)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100023512204.0x000001/8023.d.37._0396.jp2/full/!1200,1200/0/default.jpg "'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.' [‎366] (396/481)")
'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.' [366] (396/481)
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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entirely undermine our strength, although that strength
might have sufficed successfully to meet a world in arms in
a field beyond our own boundary.
The evils even of successful war are terrible; and such
evils are undoubtedly most severely felt—are most into
lerable, in fact—in those countries the most accustomed
to regular civilisation, and uniform undeviating routine of
civil administration.
A severe struggle within our own established and long
settled limits with a powerful invader—although attended
with immediate success to us—might shake our power in
India.to its very foundation; might certainly for a while
overturn all our civil arrangements, destroy our revenue,
and render it necessary to maintain large armies in the
field in the interior of our dominions for a protracted period,
in order to restore that internal tranquillity which might
not be in the least disturbed even by many battles
fought beyond our frontier, and which would be com
pletely preserved by the arrangements which I have
contemplated.
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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.
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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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- 8023.d.37.
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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.'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1:6, 6a:6b, 7:20, 1:258, 260:446, ii-r:iii-v, back-i
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- Jacob, John
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