Sind

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

• Hyderabad - 1843 to 1840s
• Karachi - 1840s to 1947

Cities and Towns

• Dadu
• Diplo
• Hyderabad
• Jacobabad
• Jamesabad
• Karachi
• Khipro
• Kotri
• Larkana
• Mirpurkhas (Mirpur Khas)
• Mithi
• Nagar Parkar
• Rohri
• Sanghar
• Sehwan
• Shadipali
• Shikarpur
• Sukkur
• Thatta
• Umarkot

Districts

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

• Hyderabad District
• Karachi District
• Larkana District
• Nawabshah District
• Thar and Parkar District
• Upper Sind Frontier District

Princely State

• Khairpur State

Military history

• Sind Campaign 1842-43
• Truckee Campaign 1845
• Scinde Horse

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. Pdf download. 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 to read online on DLI

Volume I- Karachi District, Pdf download 1919 ; Volume II- Hyderabad District, Pdf download 1927 , Volume III -Sukkur District, Pdf download 1919 , Pdf download 1928; Volume IV- Larkana District, Pdf download 1927; Volume V- Nawabshah District, Pdf download 1920, Pdf download 1926; Volume VI-Thar and Parkar District Pdf download 1919. (Not available online: B Volume VII Upper Sind Frontier District, but it is available at the British Library IOR/V/27/63/110).

• Travels in Beloochistan and Sinde: accompanied by a geographical and historical account of those countries by Henry Pottinger (1816), Google Books,
  
• ‪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 (1829 edition) Google Books
• ‪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"
• 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
• 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
• A letter to ... Sir J. Hobhouse ... on the baggage of the Indian Army by Sir Charles James Napier 1849 Google Books

‪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

• 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
• Sind revisited: with notices of the Anglo-Indian army; railroads; part, present, and future, etc. by Richard F. Burton. 1877 Volume I, Volume II Archive.org
• Handbook of the Panjab, Western Rajputana, Kashmir, and Upper Sindh by Edward B. Eastwick, published by John Murray 1883 Archive.org
  
• 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 link
• 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