General John Jacob : commandant of the Sind Irregular Horse and founder of Jacobabad . OCHISTAN . . 1x8 A CHIEF OF THE BOOGTEES AND OTHER BORDER ROBBERS 132SIND IRREGULAR HORSE ..... I40 OFFICER OF THE SIND IRREGULAR HORSE IN FIGHTING COSTUME . . . 144 RISALDAR MOHBUT KHAN, OF THE SIND IRREGULAR HORSE ...... 152 TANK AT JACOBABAD . . . 162 PORTRAIT OF SIR BARTLE FRERE . . 166 PORTRAIT OF SIR JAIMES OUTRAM . . 174 SIND FRONTIER FIELD FORCE, MOUNTAIN TRAIN . .212 IN JACOBAI5AD . . . 2l6 AVENUE IN JACOBABAD . . .2x8 X LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE SIND FRONTIER FIELD FORCE, MOUNTAIN TRAIN . 222 COLO
General John Jacob : commandant of the Sind Irregular Horse and founder of Jacobabad . OCHISTAN . . 1x8 A CHIEF OF THE BOOGTEES AND OTHER BORDER ROBBERS 132SIND IRREGULAR HORSE ..... I40 OFFICER OF THE SIND IRREGULAR HORSE IN FIGHTING COSTUME . . . 144 RISALDAR MOHBUT KHAN, OF THE SIND IRREGULAR HORSE ...... 152 TANK AT JACOBABAD . . . 162 PORTRAIT OF SIR BARTLE FRERE . . 166 PORTRAIT OF SIR JAIMES OUTRAM . . 174 SIND FRONTIER FIELD FORCE, MOUNTAIN TRAIN . .212 IN JACOBAI5AD . . . 2l6 AVENUE IN JACOBABAD . . .2x8 X LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE SIND FRONTIER FIELD FORCE, MOUNTAIN TRAIN . 222 COLONEL MALCOLM GREEN, .... 232 KHELAT, FROM A SKETCH BY COLONEL MALCOLM GREEN 252RISALDAR-MAJOR FAIZ KHAN, OF THE 6tH BOMBAY CAVALRY ...... 264 Jacobs house at jacobabad .... 286 portrait of major-general sir henry green, 298 sind frontier field force, jacobs rifles . 304 Jacobs grave at jacobabad . . • 310 TROOPERS OF THE 6tH BOMBAY CAVALRY, FORMERLY JACOBS HORSE ..... 312 PORTRAIT OF MAJOR-GENERAL SIR WILLIAM MEREWETHER 312 Mastoo Khelat. SI N D AND THE FRONTIER OF BELOOCKISTAN iLiigUsh j\Iilcso 40 So GENERAL JOHN JACOB CHAPTER I SIN D IN 1838 THE oldest inhabitant of the parish of Woolav-ington, in Somerset, well remembers John Jacob,fifth son of the Vicar and future Warden of the Marchesin Upper Sind. He describes John as a fine-spiritedyoung fellow, fond of lighting and far-away the besthorseman in the country. Naturally that recalls theboyhood of the man whose genius in war and sagaciousaudacity in civil policy were to lay the solid foundationsof British supremacy in India, Clive was what Jacobnever was—a noted scapegrace, and in his earliest yearshe gave evidence of the fiery temper and uncontrollablepassions which closed the most brilliant of careers insombre tragedy. Clive, like Jacob, according to anuncle, was out of measure addicted to fighting, and thememorable feat, when he climbed the church spire andseated himself astride a dizzy gargoyle, showed t
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