The Sikh army 1799-1849

  • OCLC #: 56911991
  • ISBN #:
    • 1841767778
    • 9781841767772
  • Call #: UA842.H39 2005
  • Physical Location: Pritzker Military Museum & Library — Main Shelves — UA842 .H39 2005X
  • Publisher: Oxford : Osprey Publishing, 2005.
  • Series Statement:
    • Men-at-arms series ;
  • Physical Description: 48 pages : illustrations (some color), 1 map, portraits ; 25 cm.
  • Contents:
    • HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: The unification of the Punjab under Ranjit Singh ; Ranjit's campaigns of expansion, 1805-36
    • THE BIRTH OF THE SIKH ARMY: Ranjit's adoption of a European military system ; The twin armies: state and feudal
    • THE REGULAR ARMY
    • FAUJ-I-AIN: Unit composition and strengths: battalion staff
    • junior officer and NCO ranks
    • attached non-combatants
    • discipline
    • pay
    • strength at the end of the 1830s
    • public and private British assessments ; The French connection: foreign instructors
    • The French and Italians
    • general departure from 1843
    • the last renegades ; The royal army
    • Fauj-i-khas ; Allard and Ventura's 'French Legion' ; Other brigades
    • higher formations ; The regular cavalry
    • THE CAVALRY ARMY
    • GHORCHURRA FAUJ: Ghorchurra Khas
    • Ardaly Khas
    • Misldar Sowars ; From land grants to cash wages ; Unit organization
    • Ranks
    • THE ARTILLERY: Ghaus Khan and the creation of the Topkhana-i-khas ; 1831: Claude Court's reforms ; Rapid expansion: 1839-45 ; Battery organization & composition: strengths
    • calibres
    • crews
    • non-combatants
    • teams ; British assessments
    • THE FEUDAL ARMY
    • JAGIRDARI FAUJ: Cavalry obligations of land-holders
    • the chihra rolls ; Jagirdari regular infantry
    • artillery
    • THE GARRISON ARMY
    • FAUJ-I-QILAJAT
    • THE AKALIS
    • RECRUITMENT & COMPOSITION
    • THE DEMISE OF THE SIKH ARMY: Anarchy following Ranjit's death, 1839-45 ; The Sikh Wars, 1845-46 & 1848-49.