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'''Sind''' is a province in [[Pakistan]] that was formerly a province of British India from 1843.  Sind was part of the [[Bombay Presidency]].
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'''Sind''' was part of the [[Bombay Presidency]] during the British period. It is now a province in [[Pakistan]].
  
 
== Spelling Variants ==
 
== Spelling Variants ==
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==Status==
 
==Status==
 
* 1843 to 1847 - Province
 
* 1843 to 1847 - Province
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* 1847 to 1936 - Part of [[Bombay Presidency]]
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* 1847 to 1936 - Division of [[Bombay Presidency]].
 
* 1936 to 1947 - Province
 
* 1936 to 1947 - Province
  
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* [[Dadu]]
 
* [[Dadu]]
 
* [[Diplo]]
 
* [[Diplo]]
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* Hyderabad
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* [[Hyderabad, Sind|Hyderabad]]
 
* [[Jacobabad]]
 
* [[Jacobabad]]
 
* [[Jamesabad]]
 
* [[Jamesabad]]
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* Karachi
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* [[Karachi]]
 
* [[Khipro]]
 
* [[Khipro]]
 
* [[Kotri]]
 
* [[Kotri]]
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==Districts==
 
==Districts==
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Not all of the following districts existed from 1843. Some were created in the late 19th to early 20th century.
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For districts during the British period see article [[Bombay Districts]].<br>
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The following are modern districts:
 
* [[Hyderabad District]]
 
* [[Hyderabad District]]
 
* [[Karachi District]]
 
* [[Karachi District]]
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* [[Khairpur State]]
 
* [[Khairpur State]]
  
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==History==
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==Military history==
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[[Sind Campaign]] 1842-43
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*[[Sind Campaign]] 1842-43
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*[[Truckee Campaign]] 1845
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*[[Scinde Horse]]
  
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== External Links ==
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== External links ==
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sind_province_(1936-1955) Sind Province] "Wikipedia"<br>
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sind_province_(1936-1955) Sind Province] "Wikipedia"<br>
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sindh Sindh] "wikipedia"<br>
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sindh Sindh] "wikipedia"<br>
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[http://books.google.com/books?id=7s0qAAAAMAAJ ''Travels in Beloochistan and Sinde: accompanied by a geographical and historical account of those countries''] by Henry Pottinger (1816), Google Books,<br>
 
 
[http://www.panhwar.com/ 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<br>
 
[http://www.panhwar.com/ 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<br>
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''A Gazetteer of the Province of Sind'' by  AW Hughes 1876 [http://www.archive.org/stream/agazetteerprovi00unkngoog Archive.org]
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===Historical books online===
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*Scroll down to [http://sanipanhwar.com Collection of books on Sindh and vicinity]. Pdf format. sanipanhwar.com. With link to
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**[http://sanipanhwar.com/reaebooks.html Rare books] including Administration Reports on various topics.
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*[http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_000000036228#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=8&z=0%2C-256.4058%2C2842%2C2800.8116 ''The Sind Directory. With a map ... Also, a plan of Kurrachee ... A general description of the Punjab, etc.''] by George  Bease  1862 British Library Digital Collection. Note: There do not appears to be any maps.
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**[http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_000000036228#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=269&z=0%2C-256.4058%2C2842%2C2800.8116 A List of the European and Eurasian Inhabitants in Sind at 1st April 1862] page 252
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*[http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_00000005D3D8 ''The Tourist's Guide from Delhi to Kurrachee, describing the various towns ... commerce: railways: river communications: &c: &c: with a map'']. Lahore  [c 1865?]. British Library Digital Collection
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*[http://www.archive.org/stream/agazetteerprovi00unkngoog ''A Gazetteer of the Province of Sind''] by  AW Hughes 1876 Archive.org.
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*The following volumes were available to read online on the  Digital Library of India, now with mirror editions on Archive.org: ''Gazetteer of the Province of Sind'' by EH Aitken 1907. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.281432  Archive.org version].  This publication 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  on Archive.org/DLI
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:Volume I- Karachi District: [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.280098 Archive.org/DLI 1910 (perhaps 1919?)],  [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.105585  Archive.org/DLI, [1919<nowiki>]</nowiki>], ;  Volume II- Hyderabad District, 1927  [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.281433  Archive.org version]; Volume III -Sukkur District  [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.34603  Archive.org version 1919];  [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.105575  Archive.org version 1928]; Volume IV- Larkana District, 1927  [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.105576  Archive.org version]; Volume V- Nawabshah District, 1926  [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.105577 Archive.org version]; Volume VI-Thar and Parkar District 1926  [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.105578  Archive.org version].  (Not available online: B Volume VII Upper Sind Frontier District, but it is  available at the [[British Library]] IOR/V/27/63/110).
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*[http://books.google.com/books?id=7s0qAAAAMAAJ ''Travels in Beloochistan and Sinde: accompanied by a geographical and historical account of those countries''] by Henry Pottinger (1816), Google Books,<br>
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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
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:[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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*[https://archive.org/details/dryleavesfromyou00eastrich ''Dry Leaves from Young Egypt: being a Glance at Sindh before the Arrival of Sir Charles Napier''] by an Ex-Political [Edward Backhouse Eastwick] 1849 Archive.org. [http://blogs.bl.uk/untoldlives/2016/09/life-at-the-fringes-of-empire-edward-eastwick-in-sind.html  "Life at the fringes of empire: Edward Eastwick in Sind"] 13 September 2016. British Library Untold lives blog.
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*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.81775/page/n9/mode/2up ''Scinde in the Forties being the Journal and Letters of Colonel Keith Young, C.B. sometime Judge-Advocate-General In India''],  edited by Arthur F. Scott formerly of the Rifle Brigade. 1912 Archive.org. Scinde in the 1840s.
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*[https://archive.org/details/speechofcaptainw00eastrich ''Speech of Captain William Eastwick, on the case of the Ameers of Sinde : at a special court, held at the India House, on Friday, 26th January, 1844''] 1844 Archive.org
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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
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*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=d84BAAAAMAAJ&pg=PR1 ''History of General Sir Charles Napier's Administration of Scinde, and Campaign in the Cutchee Hills''] by Sir William Francis Patrick Napier 1851 Google Books. [https://archive.org/details/historyofgeneral00napi/page/n7 3rd edition 1858] Archive.org.
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*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=wxA_AAAAYAAJ&pg=PR1 ''Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government:  No XVII New Series''.  Includes ''Remarks On The Plants, And Articles Of Cultivation In Sind; Notes Relative To The Population, The Chiefs, etc In That Province; The Pearl Fishery, Sea Fishery, And Salt Beds Of Sind''] 1855 Google Books
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*''Narrative of a Residence at the Court of Meer Ali Moorad with Wild Sports in the Valley of the Indus'' by Edward Archer Langley, late Captain,  Madras Cavalry. 1860.  [https://archive.org/details/narrativeofresid01lang Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/narrativeofresi02lang Volume II] Archive.org.
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*''Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government''. [https://archive.org/details/dli.granth.107993/page/n3/mode/2up ''No CXVI New Series: Annual Police Report for 1868 Province of Sind''] 1870. Same digital file [https://archive.org/details/dli.granth.107993/page/n139/mode/2up  1869]  (1871) ''No CXXII New Series''; [https://archive.org/details/dli.granth.107993/page/n309/mode/2up  1870]  (1871) ''No CXXIV New Series'' Archive.org.
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*''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
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*[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>
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*[http://www.archive.org/stream/landfiveriversa01rossgoog#page/n5/mode/2up ''The Land of the Five Rivers and Sindh: Sketches Historical and Descriptive''] by David Ross 1883 Archive.org. Note that page 1 (at least) is missing, which may be obtained from this [http://www.archive.org/stream/landfiveriversa00rossgoog#page/n12/mode/2up link]
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*''Indian Embers'' by Lady Lawrence, first published 1948. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.136064/page/n15 Archive.org]; [https://archive.org/details/indianembers00lawr/page/n3  1991 reprint Archive.org Lending Library edition] with an "Introduction" by Kenneth Wimmel, [https://archive.org/details/indianembers00lawr_0 2nd file]. "Jane Rosamund Napier was already a published author...when she married Henry Lawrence in 1914 and set sail with him  for India. She was his second wife...a mature woman of thirty-six..." The book covers the period to 1918. Her husband was a member of the Indian Civil Service,  served as a district officer, and  was Commissioner in Sind from 1916. Per Wikipedia, Henry Staveley Lawrence was acting Governor of Bombay 20 March 1926 to 8 December 1928.
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*[https://archive.org/details/britishrelations0000hutt/page/n7/mode/2up ''British Relations with Sind, 1799-1843 : an Anatomy of Imperialism''] by Robert A Huttenback  1962. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
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Latest revision as of 12:26, 28 June 2021

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

Volume I- Karachi District: Archive.org/DLI 1910 (perhaps 1919?), Archive.org/DLI, [1919], ; Volume II- Hyderabad District, 1927 Archive.org version; Volume III -Sukkur District Archive.org version 1919; Archive.org version 1928; Volume IV- Larkana District, 1927 Archive.org version; Volume V- Nawabshah District, 1926 Archive.org version; Volume VI-Thar and Parkar District 1926 Archive.org version. (Not available online: B Volume VII Upper Sind Frontier District, but it is available at the British Library IOR/V/27/63/110).
‪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"
‪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
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