ISBN : 9780199407804
This collection of thirteen articles from the Journal of the Sind Historical Society concentrates on precolonial and colonial Sind. These articles reveal much about Sindh's past and historically showcase the region's broad socio-cultural spectrum. Scholarship frequently overlooks the subjects and people in this collection. In part, this oversight is due to so few libraries (both in Pakistan and around the world) having copies of the Journal of the Sind Historical Society. There are no reprints of these articles in any other book, nor has anyone reprinted them in their entirety since the 1930s and 1940s.
The articles in this book not only deepen knowledge about Sindh but also the history of Pakistan and the diversity of its people. They represent, like most research printed in the Journal of the Sind Historical Society, 'forgotten' chapters in both Sindhi and Pakistani history. These chapters celebrate Pakistan's socio-cultural diversity and point toward how the histories of region and nation should be intertwined.
Note on Spellings
Introduction
1. The Kalhora Dynasty and Its Overthrow by the Talpur Chiefs of Sind
2. Crime and Punishment in the Days of Talpur Rulers of Sind, 1783-1843
3. Diwan Gidumal and Seth Naoomal Hotchand
4. Mirza Khusro Beg
5. Lieutenant Amiel and the Baluch Levy
6. The Sind Battles, 1843 (Part 2)
7. Memorandum of Occurrences which took place at Hyderabad in Sind between 14 and 18 February 1843
8. General John Jacob's Notes on Sir William Napier's 'Sir Charles Napier's Administration of Scinde and Campaign in the Cutchee Hills' (with a Foreword by Patrick Cadell)
9. Letters Received by John Jacob, 1840-58, and Sir Bartle Frere's Letters to John Jacob (with a Foreword by H. T. Lambrick)
10. Observations on Baloch Poetry of the Sind Border
11. Historical and Racial Background of the Amils of Hyderabad
12. Legends of Old Sind
13. Census Reports of Sind for the Years 1931 and 1941: A Comparison
Original Citations from the Journal of the Sind Historical Society
Index
