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"Sicques, tigers, or thieves" : eyewitness accounts of the Sikhs, 1606-1809
- Title
- "Sicques, tigers, or thieves" : eyewitness accounts of the Sikhs, 1606-1809 / edited by Amandeep Singh Madra, Parmjit Singh.
- Publication
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2004.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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- Description
- xxxiv, 397 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
- Summary
- "In 1810, Sir John Malcolm published the groundbreaking Sketch of the Sikhs, often believed to be the first European writing about the Sikhs. In truth, throughout the previous two centuries Europeans, both men and women from many walks of life, had witnessed and written about the development of the Sikhs. The letters, diaries, newspaper accounts and memoirs of these men and women have been painstakingly researched and compiled to shed light on a little-understood period of Sikh history. For the first time, the evolution of a major world religion based on authentic eyewitness accounts is available. The editors introduce each account with a biographical commentary and provide detailed notes designed to give the reader essential information for a greater clarity of understanding."--Jacket.
- Alternative Title
- Eyewitness accounts of the Sikhs, 1606-1809
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [365]-371) and index.
- Contents
- Missionaries -- A Jesuit account of Guru Arjan's Martyrdom, 1606 -- Wendel's history of the Jats, Pathans, and Sikhs, 1768 -- Wendel's letter recounting a battle between the Jats and the Sikhs, 1770 -- Du Perron's Indian researches, 1788 -- Company men -- Execution of Banda Singh Bahadur in Delhi, 1716 -- Omichand, the Plassey protagonist, 1757 -- Of the Seikh's or Sikhan, c. 1760 -- Warren Hastings's memorandum on the threat of the Sikhs, 1784 -- The writings of Colonel Polier on the Sikhs, 1776-1802 -- "A snake with many heads" : Polier's warning to the English, 1776 -- Polier's Mughal memoirs on the Sikh incursions, 1776 -- A treatise on the history, religion and culture of the Sikhs, 1787 -- A character of the Sikhs, 1802 -- Browne's treatise on the Sikhs, 1788 -- Ranjit Singh's correspondence with the British, 1803 -- A statesman's note from the Afghan frontier, 1809 -- Travelers -- "Sicques, tigers, or thieves," George Forster, 1783 -- "Extraordinary modern people" : dominions of the Sikhs, 1794 -- Massacre of Fakirs, Hardwicke, 1796 -- An artist's impressions of the Sikhs, Balt Solvyns, 1796 -- Military men -- Francklin's history of the reign of Shah Alum, 1798 -- Memoirs of an Irish Maharaja, 1803 -- Standoff in Ranjit Singh's Punjab, 1806 -- A failed spying mission to Lahore, 1808 -- News -- Sikh troop movements in Patiala, 1784 -- Maha Singh Sukkarchakia, 1786 -- Sikhs invade Delhi, 1787 -- The collapse of Mughal power in Lahore, 1789 -- Zeman Shah and the Sikhs, 1798 -- Submission to Zeman Shah, 1799.
- ISBN
- 1403962014
- 9781403962010
- 1403962022
- 9781403962027
- LCCN
- 2003058037
- OCLC
- ocm52594779
- 52594779
- SCSB-14439407
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library