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Date transcribed	2011-05-01
Transcribed by	Peter Bailey
Comment	Note that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name pattern established by Buckland in his original work.

	Surname	Jacob
	First Name(s)	John
	Year of Birth	1812
	Year of Death	1858
	Entry	Son of the Rev. Stephen Long Jacob : born Jan. 11, 1812 : cousin of Sir George Le Grand Jacob (q.v.) : educated at Addiscombe : entered the E. I. Co.'s Bombay Artillery, 1828 : in the first Afghan war, 1838, was in Sind with Sir John Keane's Army of the Indus, and in 1839 commanded Artillery in the Cutchi expedition : in 1841 was chosen by Outram {q.v.), for command of the Sind Irregular Horse, and political charge of E. Cutchi : led his regt. at Miani, Feb. 17, 1843, Shahdadpur, Oomercote, with great gallantry : Political Superintendent of Upper Sind, 1847 : C.B., 1850 : constantly engaged with the hill tribes : Jacobabad called after him, in 1851 : negotiated a treaty, in 1854, with the Khan of Kelat : officiating Commissioner in Sind, 1856 : Colonel and A.D.C. to Queen Victoria, 1857 : commanded the cavalry in the Persian war, 1857 : was left as Brig-General, in command of the whole force towards the end : raised Jacob's Rifles, two regiments of infantry, armed according to his own inventions : died of brain fever on Dec. 5, 1858 : besides his great soldierly qualities, and able views on military matters, he was an advanced and active administrator, full of energy and ideas, imprinting his name and character strongly on Sind, its officers and inhabitants : he wrote largely on Sind and military questions, and in defence of Outram.

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