Sindh

Sindh, or SINDE, a province of British India, occupying an area of more than 54,000 square miles, within which is included the valley of the Indus from Shikarpur to the sea, and the less important basin of the Narra, and the sandy tracts to the E. with the mountainous district on the Beluchistan frontier to the W. The upper parts, under a system of irrigation, are moderately fertile, but the extensive delta of the river yields support for the camel only. In many physical aspects the country resembles Egypt. Before 1843 it had been ruled by various seimi-dependent chiefs, but in that year, after endless disputes, they were brought under British rule by Sir Charles Napier. The province was then divided into five districts, and placed under a Commissioner, who is subordinate to the Bombay Government, and has his administrative headquarters at Karachi. The only other places of importance are Haiderabad, Sukkur, Shikarpur, and Nowshera. Sindh produces little for exportation except embroidered cloths, nitre, timber, hides, and seeds. Most of the goods shipped at Karachi come from the north and west.