Personal Observations on Sindh: The Manners and Customs of Its Inhabitants, and Its Productive Capabilities with a Sketch of Its History, a Narrative of Recent Events, and an Account of the Connection of the British Government with that Country to the Present Period |
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... LATE ASSISTANT TO THE POLITICAL AGENT IN SINDH AND BILUCHISTAN . LONDON : PRINTED FOR LONGMAN , BROWN , GREEN , AND LONGMANS , PATERNOSTER - ROW . HENRY MORSE STEPHENS VIMU AMBORLIAD LONDON : Printed by A. 1843 . PERSONAL OBSERVATIONS.
... LATE ASSISTANT TO THE POLITICAL AGENT IN SINDH AND BILUCHISTAN . LONDON : PRINTED FOR LONGMAN , BROWN , GREEN , AND LONGMANS , PATERNOSTER - ROW . HENRY MORSE STEPHENS VIMU AMBORLIAD LONDON : Printed by A. 1843 . PERSONAL OBSERVATIONS.
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... late superintendant of the Indian navy , has been particularly acknowledged by the author in his Ap- pendix . LONDON , July , 1843 . LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS . FRONTISPIECE . Sindhian Woman Pullah Fisherman vi INTRODUCTION .
... late superintendant of the Indian navy , has been particularly acknowledged by the author in his Ap- pendix . LONDON , July , 1843 . LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS . FRONTISPIECE . Sindhian Woman Pullah Fisherman vi INTRODUCTION .
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... late Events.— Physical Difficulties connected with the Military Occupation of Sindh . - Position of Mir Allí Múrad . —General Observa- tions - - - 340 APPENDIX · 357 UNIV . Or CALIFORNIA CHAPTER I. Extent of Sindh . CONTENTS . XV.
... late Events.— Physical Difficulties connected with the Military Occupation of Sindh . - Position of Mir Allí Múrad . —General Observa- tions - - - 340 APPENDIX · 357 UNIV . Or CALIFORNIA CHAPTER I. Extent of Sindh . CONTENTS . XV.
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... late glorious action ) runs close under the walls , and is planted on its banks with some very beautiful gardens . Hyderabad was erected by Ghúlam Shah of the Kalora dynasty , on the site of the ancient Neirunkót , famous as being the ...
... late glorious action ) runs close under the walls , and is planted on its banks with some very beautiful gardens . Hyderabad was erected by Ghúlam Shah of the Kalora dynasty , on the site of the ancient Neirunkót , famous as being the ...
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... late Rajah of Lahore , Runjit Sing , stripped the indolent Amirs of many points on the river verging on his dominions , to which latter these have been an- nexed : such are Kín Kashmor and Rozan , ports of considerable trade , on the ...
... late Rajah of Lahore , Runjit Sing , stripped the indolent Amirs of many points on the river verging on his dominions , to which latter these have been an- nexed : such are Kín Kashmor and Rozan , ports of considerable trade , on the ...
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advantages Affghan Amirs of Sindh appear banks Bijar Bilúchis Bilúchistan boats Bombay branch British government brother camels Candahar capital Caubúl character classes cloth commercial considered court cultivation Cutch Delta desert durbar duties Edition feudatories former Futteh Allí Khan Ghúlam Shah government of Sindh Hindú history of Sindh honour Hyderabad importance India inhabitants inundation J. C. LOUDON Jutts Kaloras Karrachi Khyrpúr Kilat labour land latter Lower Sindh Mahommedan Marwar matchlock means ment merchant Mian Núr Míani miles military Múltan Múrad Nadir Shah Nasir Khan native navigation Nubi Khan Núr Mahomed particularly peculiar period Persian portion position possessions present princes principal produce Punjaub revenue river Indus Rorí rulers rupees season Sehwun Seyuds Shikargahs Shikarpúr Sindhian soil steamers stream Sukkur supplied Talpúr Tattah territories tion town trade treaty tribe troops Ubdúl Nubi Upper Sindh Vignette Titles village whilst whole Zamindars
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