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Zustand: New. pp. 344.

Paperback. Zustand: New. Language: English. About The Book: "A Personal Narrative of Thirteen Years Service Amongst the Wild Tribes of Khoudistan For the Suppression of Human Sacrifice" by John Campbell (1864) recounts Campbell's 13-year mission to suppress human sacrifice among the tribes of Khoudistan. The book provides a detailed exploration of the customs, traditions, and beliefs of these tribes, known for their practice of human sacrifice. Campbell shares his interactions with the tribes, efforts to understand their culture, and attempts to persuade them to abandon the ritual. The narrative offers insights into the mid-19th-century political and social landscape of the region, detailing Campbell's encounters with local rulers, British officials, and challenges faced in promoting progress amidst deeply entrenched traditions. About The Author: General Sir John Campbell KCSI, CB, (18021878) was a Scottish army officer who served in the East India Company and later the British Army. He played a key role in the Goomsoor War of 183637 and governed Orissa. Campbell successfully quelled a rebellion in the Kimedy hills in 1834 and led troops in the Goomsoor War. The Title 'A Personal Narrative of Thirteen Years Service Amongst the Wild Tribes of Khondistan for the Suppression of Human Sacrifice written/authored/edited by Major General John Campbell', published in the year 2024. The ISBN 9789362085160 is assigned to the Paperback version of this title. This book has total of pp. 344 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is History. Size of the book is 13.34 x 21.59 cms Vol: 344.…

Hardcover. Zustand: New. Language: English. About The Book: "A Personal Narrative of Thirteen Years Service Amongst the Wild Tribes of Khoudistan For the Suppression of Human Sacrifice" by John Campbell (1864) recounts Campbell's 13-year mission to suppress human sacrifice among the tribes of Khoudistan. The book provides a detailed exploration of the customs, traditions, and beliefs of these tribes, known for their practice of human sacrifice. Campbell shares his interactions with the tribes, efforts to understand their culture, and attempts to persuade them to abandon the ritual. The narrative offers insights into the mid-19th-century political and social landscape of the region, detailing Campbell's encounters with local rulers, British officials, and challenges faced in promoting progress amidst deeply entrenched traditions. About The Author: General Sir John Campbell KCSI, CB, (18021878) was a Scottish army officer who served in the East India Company and later the British Army. He played a key role in the Goomsoor War of 183637 and governed Orissa. Campbell successfully quelled a rebellion in the Kimedy hills in 1834 and led troops in the Goomsoor War. The Title 'A Personal Narrative of Thirteen Years Service Amongst the Wild Tribes of Khondistan for the Suppression of Human Sacrifice written/authored/edited by Major General John Campbell', published in the year 2024. The ISBN 9789362082947 is assigned to the Hardcover version of this title. This book has total of pp. 344 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is History. Size of the book is 14.34 x 22.59 cms Vol: 344.…

Hardcover. Zustand: New. The highly interesting narrative, written in the nineteenth century, exclusively deals with the Khonds and other tribes inhabiting the mountain ranges of ancient kingdom of Orissa which can scarcely be recognised in the old dependency of British India now known as the district of Cuttack and which includes a considerable portion of the hill districts or the country of the Khonds. These are peopled generally by Khonds or Kui as they call themselves. According to the author, the Khonds consider themselves the lords and owners of the soil and no tribe will ever part with land for any consideration whatever. As a race they are not remarkable. Men are often well formed and one in every way superior to their women. The appearance, habits, dress and other characteristics of the Khonds point out these people as descendants from the aboriginals of the country. Their Rajas or chieftains are generally uneducated men devoid of all mental culture. In their religion there are traces of primitive elemental worship with the impious practice of human sacrifice which is the foundation of their religion and, saving a very few tribes, the Khonds generally propitiated their diety, always a malevolent being, with human offerings. They are excessively devoted to liqauor and tobacco. The Khond women are scantily clad at the men. The Khonds regard the abduction of a woman by a man of another tribe as a common insult to them all and, unless a reparation be made to the injured husband, war is declared against the tribe of the abducting party. A book of this genre and of such absorbing interest must be covetted possession of all librariespublic or private not only in India but all over the world.…

Zustand: Interior clean and crisp. Full tan polished calf boards with central gilt stamp of the Edinburgh coat of arms. Spine with 5 raised bands, brown morocco label in second compartment, gilt motifs in remaining. Gilt rolls along board edges. All edges marbled. , General Sir John Campbell KCSI CB (1802 ? 1878) was a Scottish army officer who served in the East India Company and the Indian Army. He was born in Kingsburgh on the Isle of Skye the son of John Campbell of Lochend and his wife, Annabella Campbell of Melfort. He joined the British Army as an ensign in 1819 but instead decided to join the East India Company in 1820, where prospects appeared better. In April 1820 he was appointed a lieutenant in the 41st Madras Native Infantry. He worked in the Madras area until 1830, when he was promoted to captain. In 1834 he was asked to quell a rebellion in the Kimedy hills in the Orissa region. On the death of Major Barclay he commanded the entire force, and was successful in this action. His knowledge of the area meant that he was chosen to lead the troops in the Goomsoor War of 1836/37. At the end of this period he was asked to be governor of the Khonds, the hill tribes of the Orissa, with a special task of trying to end female infanticide in the area. In 1842 he joined his old regiment, the 41st, on a posting to China, and was soon after both promoted to lieutenant colonel and awarded a Commander of the Order of the Bath (CB) in December. However, he was asked to return to Madras and from 1847 resumed control of the Khonds, as his successor was proving ineffective.In 1849 he went to the Cape of Good Hope to improve his health. He returned to India in 1851. In 1853 he was promoted to colonel. He returned to Scotland in 1855 and took up residence in Edinburgh. Although semi-retired he was promoted to major general in 1859. In 1866 Queen Victoria made him a Knight Commander of the Star of India (KCSI). He was promoted to lieutenant general in 1867 and full general in 1872., Size : Hurst and Blackett, Very good example. Illustrated with 6 plates plus a folding map of Goomsoor Boad in the Hill Tracts of Orissa. , Ex-Libris; school prize bookplate on front pastedown. Ownership inked on front free endpaper., (P) Blank (3). Frontispiece. Title. Blank. Contents [v]-ix. Blank. Illustrations list. Blank. Chapter summary. Blank. Pp. [3]-320. Map. Blank (2).…

Born on the island of Skye, off the West coast of Scotland, Campbell (1802-1877) joined the East India Company in 1820. In 1834 he was ordered to Odisha to quell an insurrection among the Khonds (the hill tribes inhabiting the Eastern Ghats), returning there in the Goomsoor war of 1836-7. Having accumulated valuable local knowledge Campbell was given charge of the Khonds, with the aim of suppressing the practices of human sacrifice and female infanticide. Without the use of troops Campbell managed to save hundreds of potential victims, but following the arrival of his successor, Capt. Macpherson, disturbances broke out and Campbell was ordered back to take charge once more. After serving in India for over 30 years Campbell returned to Britain and was promoted to Major-General in 1859. Following the publication of his book he was awarded the Star of India in 1866 for his work in the great subcontinent. His final promotion was to General in 1872, five years before his death in Edinburgh. Significant deposits of Bauxite are to be found in the caps of the largest mountains in South Odisha, and since 1920s the Khonds have seen many of the sacred mountains of Khondistan destroyed. First edition; 8vo (23 x 15.5 cm); folding map, title-page vignette, frontispiece, 5 wood-engraved plates; original purple wavy-grained cloth, gilt pictorial vignette to upper cover, light wear, a very good copy; [xii], 320, [8](ads)pp. Riddick 81.…