Sindh (state)
Sindh is a historic state in what is now Pakistan . The national territory extended over the plains of the lower Indus .
Sindh was ruled by three Baluchi Amirs in the 19th century , nominally vassals of Afghanistan . A treaty between the British East India Company and Sindh opened the country to British trade in 1832. From 1838 a British resident was resident in Sindh. In 1839, under threat of war , Lord Auckland forced the stationing of British soldiers at Sindh's expense. On the unfounded pretext of having been hostile to the East India Company during the First British-Afghan War , Lord Ellenborough planned the annexation of Sindh to British India . The annexation of Sindh was to be pushed by the resident Charles Napier . This destroyed the fortress of Imangarh in January 1843 and forced the Amiren to cede large territories. On February 15, 1843, residents attacked the British residence in Hyderabad . On February 17th, Napier succeeded in defeating a superior force of Sindh at the Battle of Miani . Most of the Amirs then gave up their resistance. Sher Muhammed fought on until his defeat on March 24th. After the annexation in August 1843, Napier became the first governor of Sindh.
literature
- James S. Olson (Ed.): Historical dictionary of the British empire. Westport (Connecticut) 1996, ISBN 0-313-29367-8 .