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{{Locations_Infobox|presidency='''Sind''' was part of the [[Bombay|image=|coordinates= |altitude= |presentname= Sindh|country= Presidency]] during the British period. It is now a province in [[Pakistan}}]].
'''== Spelling Variants ==Modern name: Sind''' is a province in modern Pakistan that became a part of British India in 1843./Sindh<br>Other spellings: Sinde, Scinde
==Status==
* 1843 to 1847 - Province
* 1847 to 1936 - Part Division of [[Bombay Presidency]].
* 1936 to 1947 - Province
==Cities and Towns==
* [[Dadu]]* [[Diplo]]* [[Hyderabad, Sind|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]].<br>
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]]
==HistoryMilitary history==*[[:Category:Sind Campaign|Sind Campaign]] 1842-43*[[Truckee Campaign]] 1845*[[Scinde Horse]]
== Spelling Variants ==Modern name: Sind/Sindh<br>Other spellings: Sinde, Scinde == External Links links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sind_province_(1936-1955) Sind Province] "Wikipedia"<br>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sindh Sindh] "wikipedia"<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> ===Historical books online===*Scroll down to [http://sanipanhwar.com Collection of books on Sindh and vicinity]. Pdf format. sanipanhwar.com. With link to**[http://sanipanhwar.com/reaebooks.html Rare books] including Administration Reports on various topics.*[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.**[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*[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*[http://www.archive.org/stream/agazetteerprovi00unkngoog ''A Gazetteer of the Province of Sind''] by AW Hughes 1876 Archive.org.*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: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).*[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://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"*[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.*[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.*[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*[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:[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:[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*[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.*[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*''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.*''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.*''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/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]*''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.*[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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