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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.' [‎129] (160/481)

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forfeited for misconduct on the part of the silidar, by
sentence of a punchayet, and the orders of the commandant.
The system of allowing men not in the service to hold a
very great number of horses in a regiment works, I am
told, excellently well in the Nizam's service, and in the
Guzerat Horse, but for the foreign service it is altogether
bad; indeed it could not exist long, for the absent silidar
would find so little profit, even from his five hundred
horses, that he would sell all off as soon as possible. Not a
single assamee in the Sind Irregular Horse is now held by
any one not belonging to the corps; and in my opinion the
system of ' be-nokur' silidars is bad under any circum
stances, but for a regiment always serving at a distance
from the men's native country, as is the Sind Horse, the
system is certainly most injurious, and Captain Jacob with
much labour completely destroyed it in that corps.
On the death of a silidar, whose heir is not a member of
the corps, the horse and assamee are sold by auction, and
the amount realised paid to the heir as a part of the estate.
The heir, unless in the regiment, or a youth likely to be
soon fit for service, is never allowed to retain the assamee.
The reviewer is in grievous error about bargheers: if the
state of affairs he describes be that of the Bengal irregular
cavalry, it is nevertheless very bad. The bargheer is cer-
tainlv more likely to misconduct himself than the silidar,
and therefore to remedy this in the Sind Horse no bargheer
is admitted without two silidars becoming security for him.
This security is not a mere form, but is always enforced.
Under this simple arrangement, it is not found that the
bargheers are much more liable to misconduct themselves
than the silidars.*
* In the Nizam's cavalry, the silidar enlists his own bargheers, who
are responsible to him, and under his command. Nothing of this kind
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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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