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'''Brigadier-General John Jacob CB (1812 – 1858)''' was an officer of the British [[East India Company]] who went to India in 1828 with a commission in the [[Bombay Artillery]]. He served in the [[1st Afghan War]] in the artillery and then commanded the [[Scinde Horse]] creating a second regiment which was called [[Jacob's Horse]]. He was political officer in the [[North West Frontier Province|Northwest Frontier]] and the town of [[Jacobabad]] was named after him. As a Brigadier-General he commanded the cavalry in the [[Persian War]]. He returned to the North West Frontier and raised two regiments of infantry. He died of a fever in 1858.
[[Image:John_jacob_grave.jpg|thumb|200px|John Jacob's gravein Jacobabad]]
== External links ==
[http://www.myjacobfamily.com/favershamjacobs/johnjacob1.htm Brigadier General John Jacob CB of Jacobabad] 1812 – 1858 www.myjacobfamily.com<br />
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/219/mode/1up John Jacob] ''Dictionary of Indian Biography'' (1906)<br />
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Jacob_(East_India_Company_officer) John Jacob] Wikipedia<br />
==== Historical books on-line online ====*[http://books.google.com/books?id=xcoHAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA467 Obituary of John Jacob], commander of the Scinde Horse, died 1858 Google Books*[https://archive.org/details/generaljohnjacob00shanrich ''General John Jacob Commandant of the Sind Irregular Horse and Founder of Jacobabad''] by Alexander Innes Shand 1900 Archive.org*[https://archive.org/details/johnjacobofjacob0000lamb/page/n5 ''John Jacob of Jacobabad''] by H T Lambrick, 2nd edition 1975, first published 1960. Archive.org Lending Library.
[[Category:British Military commanders|Jacob, John]]
[[Category:People|Jacob, John]]
