'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.' [444] (474/481)
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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INDLX.
rnngements made, .325; popu
lation of Khanghur ou first
arrival, 325 ; condition of the
troops, 326; preliminary pro
ceedings, 326; difficulties en
countered and overcome, 327;
results, 32/ ; improvements
effected, 328;—military system
introduced for its protection,
328; outposts and detachments
in 1847, 328; general arrange
ments, 329 ; new system adopt
ed, 330; discovery of relations
existing between the marauders
and Bunyas, 331 ; signal pu
nishment of a robber tribe,
331; further proceedings, 332;
greatest physical difficulty, 333;
fortifications, 333;—disarming
the population, 330, 334; pos
session of arms allowed under
certain conditions, 334; ag
gression and retaliation, 335;
—standing orders for frontier
posts, 338;—assessment of land,
338; benefits under proposed
arrangements, 339; assessment
should be stationary, 340.
Slavery, vs. freedom, 22, 25 ; first
effects of emancipation, 79.
Sizing, and flank companies, bad
in principle, 200.
Soldiers, European and native, ou
field service, 209; conduct of
English portion of the force,
209; of the native regiments,
209; bearing towards, and in-
pression left with, the inhabit
ants, 209; beneficial results of I
such behaviour, 210.
Soldiers, obedience of, 194.
Staff appointments, present long
ing after, 117? corps in India
misnamed, 121 ; qualifications
of staff officers, 201 ; establish
ment and salaries proposed for
the general staff of the army,
400.
Statistics— Civil: robber tribes,
(); examinations, 10 ; labour, 19,
21, 26, 33; means of communi
cation, 33, 36, 38, 40, 41, 46,
75; trade, 48, 194,202; Indus
flotilla and forests, 50; educa
tion, 51 ; revenue systems, 52,
54 ; land, 56, 67,68, 74 ; bunds,
70; tanks, 72; dams, 73;
courts of law, 77; police, 77 ;
carriage, 78;— Military; the
Bengal army, 94, 107; Bengal
and Bombay systems, 108; na
tive army of India, 114; the
'regular' system, 119; caval
ry, 123, 124; compensation,
150; silidar rifle corps, 153;
Sind Horse, 155; carriage ar
rangements, 171; baggage corps,
175; the military fund, 184;
furlough regulations, 185; or
derly-rooms, 190; system of
promotion, 191; head quarters,
193; horses, 194, 196, 201;
the military board and audit
departments, 198; high caste
rules, 199; mutineers, 199;
commanding officers and candi
dates for enlistment, 200 ; prize
property, 200; fortifications,
200; companies and sizing,
200; staff officers, 201; arms,
201, 202, 203, 206, 211, 255,
260; horse fairs, 201; dress, 206;
charges, 206, 208; troops in an
enemy's country, 208, 209;
saddles, 210; recruits, 91, 101,
123, 342, 417;— North-West
Frontier of India: campaign
ing in the hills, 267, 294, 301 ;
procedure with the predatory
tribes, 322; protective arrange
ments, 325, 328,334, 335, 338,
345,354; assessment of districts,
338 ; negotiations, 340;— Per
sian War: its policy, 369,375;
valleys of the Karoon and Eu
phrates, 371, 380; transport of
troops, 373; requirements, 374 ;
water supplies, 377; stations
for troops, 378, 381; supplies
from Bombay, 379;— Present
Condition of India, 3S5 ; reor-
gainsation of the civil and mili
tary administration, 391, 397 ;
the mutiny in Bengal, 404.
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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.
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Publication details: Bombay, Smith, Taylor and Co. 1858.
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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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