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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.' [‎133] (164/481)

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Horse who were transferred to form the new corps. The
old assamees of the Poona Horse were supposed to be
wortli Rs. 500 each, and at this rate they constantly changed
hands; but the silidars were all in debt, and the sale was
not real— it was merely a transfer of debts in the hankers'
hooks. There were no means of knowing the real value.
Afterwards, as the Sind Horse was raised, and new assa
mees were offered for sale, it was found that their value
was only about Rs. 300 or less, and to maintain the regu
lated price of Rs. 500 it was thought advisable by the
commanding officer to form an assamee fund by subscrip
tions from the silidars, from which fund the difference of
price was made up to the silidar who sold his horse and
assamee. This appeared to Captain Jacob a strange,
troublesome, useless, and complicated proceeding; where
fore he abolished the assamee fund, repaid the money to the
subscribers, and let everything find its own natural level.
No matter whether a silidar chose to sell his assamee for
Rs. 5 or Rs. 500, one thing was insisted on—that all sales
should be for ready money. The change produced was
like magic : within a few months afterwards a horse in the
Sind Irregular Horse would sell by auction for ready cash
for Rs. 500 and Rs. 520, or even more; and these prices
were maintained till the raising of the new regiment threw
so many assamees into the market gratis. With the excep
tion of allowing no one not a member of the regiment to
purchase, and of insisting on ready money being paid, every
silidar -is free to sell his horse and assamee as may seem
good to him.
The recommendation of the reviewer as to the filling up
of assamees vacant by death, (fcc. is not sound : the assamee
is not vacated by death unless the deceased leave no heirs,
in which case it lapses to the commandant, who gives it to

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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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