Klappentext A comprehensive history of the Sikhs written by a British colonial official who had lived among them for eight years. Zusammenfassung In A History of the Sikhs, published in 1849, Joseph Davey Cunningham (18121851), a British official in India, draws from his eight years living in the Punjab and puts together a comprehensive history of the Sikh people, from their earliest times to their war with the British (18451846). Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. The country and people; 2. Old Indian creeds. Modern reforms, and the teaching of Nânuk. Up to AD 1529; 3. The Sikh Gooroos or teachers, and the modification of Sikhism under Govind. AD 1529-1716; 4. The establishment of Sikh independence. AD 1716-1764; 5. From the independence of the Sikhs to the ascendancy of Runjeet Singh and the alliance with the English. 1765-1808-9; 6. From the supremacy of Runjeet Singh to the reduction of Mooltân, Cashmeer, and Peshawur. 1809-1823-24; 7. From the acquisition of Mooltân, Cashmeer, and Peshawur to the death of Runjeet Singh. 1824-1839; 8. From the death of Muharaja Runjeet Singh to the death of Vuzeer Jowâhir Singh. 1839-1845; 9. The war with the English. 1845-46; Appendices.

Zusammenfassung
In A History of the Sikhs, published in 1849, Joseph Davey Cunningham (18121851), a British official in India, draws from his eight years living in the Punjab and puts together a comprehensive history of the Sikh people, from their earliest times to their war with the British (18451846).

Inhalt

Preface; 1. The country and people; 2. Old Indian creeds. Modern reforms, and the teaching of Nânuk. Up to AD 1529; 3. The Sikh Gooroos or teachers, and the modification of Sikhism under Govind. AD 1529-1716; 4. The establishment of Sikh independence. AD 1716-1764; 5. From the independence of the Sikhs to the ascendancy of Runjeet Singh and the alliance with the English. 1765-1808-9; 6. From the supremacy of Runjeet Singh to the reduction of Mooltân, Cashmeer, and Peshawur. 1809-1823-24; 7. From the acquisition of Mooltân, Cashmeer, and Peshawur to the death of Runjeet Singh. 1824-1839; 8. From the death of Muharaja Runjeet Singh to the death of Vuzeer Jowâhir Singh. 1839-1845; 9. The war with the English. 1845-46; Appendices.