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*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=cP4RAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP11 ‪''A Narrative of a Visit to the Court of Sinde‬: ‪a sketch of the history of Cutch, from its first connexion with the British government in India till the conclusion of the treaty of 1819; and some remarks on the medical topography of Bhooj‬'']  by James Burnes, Surgeon to the Residency at Bhooj 1829 Reprinted 1831 ([http://books.google.com.au/books?id=KgpXAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP7 1829 edition]) Google Books
 
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=cP4RAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP11 ‪''A Narrative of a Visit to the Court of Sinde‬: ‪a sketch of the history of Cutch, from its first connexion with the British government in India till the conclusion of the treaty of 1819; and some remarks on the medical topography of Bhooj‬'']  by James Burnes, Surgeon to the Residency at Bhooj 1829 Reprinted 1831 ([http://books.google.com.au/books?id=KgpXAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP7 1829 edition]) Google Books
 
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=Vxs3AQAAMAAJ&pg=PP9 ''‪Narrative of a Visit to the Court of Sinde at Hyderabad on the Indus‬: ‪With a Sketch of the History of Cutch, and an Appendix''‬] by James Burnes, Bombay Army 3rd edition 1839 Google Books. Additional contents compared with the 2nd edition, but without the  "medical topography of Bhooj"
 
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=Vxs3AQAAMAAJ&pg=PP9 ''‪Narrative of a Visit to the Court of Sinde at Hyderabad on the Indus‬: ‪With a Sketch of the History of Cutch, and an Appendix''‬] by James Burnes, Bombay Army 3rd edition 1839 Google Books. Additional contents compared with the 2nd edition, but without the  "medical topography of Bhooj"
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*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=Zc5bAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA3 ''A letter to ... Sir J. Hobhouse ... on the baggage of the Indian Army''] by Sir Charles James Napier 1849 Google Books
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:[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=gZpeAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP3 ‪''A Few Brief Comments on Sir Charles Napier's Letter to Sir J. Hobhouse, "On the Baggage of the Indian Army"‬ ''] by Lieut-Col W Burlton of the Bengal Cavalry, late Commissary-General of the Bengal Army 1849 Google Books
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:[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=0QpXAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA3 ''Sir Charles Napier's Indian Baggage Corps. Reply to Lieut.-Col. Burlton's attack [i.e. to his pamphlet entitled: “A few brief comments on Sir Charles Napier's Letter to Sir John Hobhouse”''] by Major Montagu McMurdo, late Head of the Quartet-Master General’s Department of Scinde 1850 Google Books
 
*''Sind revisited: with notices of the Anglo-Indian army; railroads; part, present, and future, etc.'' by Richard F. Burton. 1877 [https://archive.org/details/sindrevisitedwit01burt  Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/sindrevisitedwit02burt Volume II]  Archive.org
 
*''Sind revisited: with notices of the Anglo-Indian army; railroads; part, present, and future, etc.'' by Richard F. Burton. 1877 [https://archive.org/details/sindrevisitedwit01burt  Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/sindrevisitedwit02burt Volume II]  Archive.org
 
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/handbookpanjbwe01eastgoog#page/n6/mode/1up ''Handbook of the Panjab, Western Rajputana, Kashmir, and Upper Sindh'']  by Edward B. Eastwick, published by John Murray 1883 Archive.org<br>
 
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/handbookpanjbwe01eastgoog#page/n6/mode/1up ''Handbook of the Panjab, Western Rajputana, Kashmir, and Upper Sindh'']  by Edward B. Eastwick, published by John Murray 1883 Archive.org<br>

Revision as of 12:43, 25 November 2014

Sind was part of the Bombay Presidency during the British period. It is now a province in Pakistan.

Spelling Variants

Modern name: Sind/Sindh
Other spellings: Sinde, Scinde

Status

  • 1843 to 1847 - Province
  • 1847 to 1936 - Division of Bombay Presidency.
  • 1936 to 1947 - Province

Capital

Cities and Towns

Districts

For districts during the British period see article Bombay Districts.
The following are modern districts:

Princely State

Military history

External Links

Sind Province "Wikipedia"
Sindh "wikipedia"
Panhwar.com a website about Sindh. Contains links to rare books to download, and to many articles, including two on maps called Historical Maps of Sindh and Maps of Sindh

Historical books online

  • Collection of books on Sind panhwar.com
  • Another collection of books panhwar.com
  • A Gazetteer of the Province of Sind by AW Hughes 1876 Archive.org
  • The following volumes are available to read online on the Digital Library of India website: Gazetteer of the Province of Sind by EH Aitken 1907. This contains matters of a permanent character and general interest. ('A' volume) There are also additional 'B' volumes (probably seven) containing statistical tables and matters of local interest, published in 1919 and 1926-1928. The first six are available to read online on DLI
Volume I- Karachi District, 1919, Volume II- Hyderabad District 1927, Volume III -Sukkur District 1928 (catalogued as b vol.iii (karachi district)), Volume IV- Larkana District 1927, Volume V- Nawabshah District 1926, Volume VI-Thar and Parkar District 1926 (Not available online: B Volume VII Upper Sind Frontier District, but it is probably available at the British Library).
A Few Brief Comments on Sir Charles Napier's Letter to Sir J. Hobhouse, "On the Baggage of the Indian Army"‬ by Lieut-Col W Burlton of the Bengal Cavalry, late Commissary-General of the Bengal Army 1849 Google Books
Sir Charles Napier's Indian Baggage Corps. Reply to Lieut.-Col. Burlton's attack [i.e. to his pamphlet entitled: “A few brief comments on Sir Charles Napier's Letter to Sir John Hobhouse” by Major Montagu McMurdo, late Head of the Quartet-Master General’s Department of Scinde 1850 Google Books