Fai clic su di un'immagine per andare a Google Ricerca Libri.
|
Sto caricando le informazioni... The British & the Sikhs: Discovery, Warfare and Friendship c1700-1900 (From Musket to Maxim 1815-1914)di Gurinder Singh Mann
Nessuno Sto caricando le informazioni...
 Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro.  Amarj33t_5ingh | Jul 8, 2022 |  nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
Appartiene alle Collane Editoriali
The Sikh Confederacy consisting of military units or Misls rose from the ashes of the crumbling Mughal Empire in the Eighteenth century. As a result, under the leadership of General Baghel Singh they conquered the Red Fort of Delhi in 1783 leading to the Sikh Empire being formed in the Punjab under Maharajah Ranjit Singh in 1801. During this time the East India Company also expanded its frontiers and territories, witnessing the rise and the progression of the Sikhs. This was coupled with the influx of Christian Missionaries who came to convert the Sikhs into the British way of thinking. The two Empires were destined to clash and the Anglo Sikh Wars of 1845-1849 witnessed some of the bloodiest battles Victoria's Britain fought, with major losses on both sides. The annexation of the Punjab led to the employment of the Sikhs into the British Indian Army. This led to the Sikhs becoming part of many British campaigns, including their major contributions in the First and Second World Wars. This book weaves the reader through anecdotes and important events highlighting the relationship between the British and the Sikhs which exists to this day. In this deeply researched book, Mann uses rare anecdotes to provide recognition to early descriptions from British administrators, writers and illustrators who depicted the history of the Sikhs and the land of the Punjab. The book is also supplemented with a number of Anglo Sikh treaties which determined relations in the Nineteenth century. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
Discussioni correntiNessunoCopertine popolari
 Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni...GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)327.41054Social sciences Political Science International Relations Europe British IslesClassificazione LCVotoMedia: (1)
Sei tu?Diventa un autore di LibraryThing. |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1
The British & the Sikhs is a medium-sized reiteration of European/British observations of the Sikhs in varying contexts from the 18th through to the early 20th century. It adds nothing new to the fields of Sikh studies or Sikh history. Most of the material referenced has already been analyzed by prior trailblazing historians such as Dr. Ganda Singh, Dr. Balwant Singh Dhillon, Professor Noel King, Professor James Lewis, Dr. Jasbir Singh Mann and Surjit Singh Gandhi being the most prominent.
Mann's opening chapter deals with the mythic Dr. Cole. Much of his analysis sets the tone for the rest of the book and evinces that he is not an astute historian but rather what we might call a Prima facie observer i.e. someone who accepts what exists or is referenced without studying it in detail.
Mann references Dhian Singh's Dasme Patshah Ka Antam Kautak an hitherto unknown text without providing any viable basis to why he believes it to be authentic and worthy of practical use in studying Sikh history. More ludicrously, he fails to provide any analysis of:
(a) Who Dhian Singh was.
(b)When he lived and what were his times.
(c) Whether the internal evidence of the text is authentic, has been fully studied, has been authenticated.
(d) When the text was written.
His primary approach to invoking this text is based on a similar narrative of a certain European named Cole being at Guru Gobind Singh Ji's bedside after a failed assassination attempt related by Sukha Singh in his hagiographical Gurbilas Patshahi 10th written in 1797. What he fails to take into account is that:
1.) A majority of Sikh histories make no mention of Cole.
2.) Sukha Singh's Gurbilas in itself is inconsistent and does not mention any sources from which the author derived his information.
3.) Mann's referencing of Sikh oral tradition fails to take into account when this tradition was commenced; the alterations it underwent and whether the texts in questions inspired it or vice versa with there having been no attempt to authenticate its authenticity.
The rest of the book follows the same pattern of:
(i) Accept without authentication.
(ii) Invoke some vague Sikh tradition in an attempt to verify.
(iii) Provide no comprehensive analysis of the mentioned accounts and its internal consistency/inconsistency.
There is no textual analysis here but only regurgitations. A sad state of affairs. (