Scinde Horse

Alternative spelling Sinde Horse, Sind Horse

John Jacob's tomb in Jacobabad

For details on the regiments raised by John Jacob that held this name see:

Pre-1861

• 1st Scinde Irregular Horse
• 2nd Scinde Irregular Horse
• 3rd Scinde Irregular Horse

1861-1922

• 35th Scinde Horse
• 36th Jacob's Horse

Post-1922
The 35th and 36th regiments amalgamated as 14th Prince of Wales’s Own Scinde Horse, in 1950 becoming 14 Scinde Horse.

Biographies

Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906:
John Jacob (1812-1858)

See also

• Irregular Cavalry
• Silladar

External Links

• Brigadier General John Jacob CB of Jacobabad 1812 – 1858 www.myjacobfamily.com including
  • Oil Painting of an Officer Of The Scinde Horse c 1860
  • Illustration of an Officer of the Scinde Horse, undated

Historical books on-line

• Record book of the Scinde irregular horse Volume I 8th August 1839 to 1st October 1851 1853 archive.org
• Record book of the Scinde irregular horse Volume II 8th October 1851 to 13th June 1855 1856 Google Books
• Obituary of John Jacob, commander of the Scinde Horse, died 1858 Google Books
• “Irregular Troops”by Captain G. M. Macaulay, Commandant 1st Scinde Horse Journal of the Royal United Service Institution , Volume 5 1862 Google Books
• An account of the Scinde Horse c 1868 in The March to Magdala, page 177 by George Alfred Henty 1868 Google Books