*A view of Hyderabad in the Scinde. Sir Charles Napier in the foreground followed by his escort of Scinde horse. Lithograph by Capt. Sir Augustine Fitzgerald, c.1850* (BL)


"The Battle of Meeanee" (1843), a steel engraving by Armitage and Allen, 1855

Source: ebay, July 2001


Sir Charles Napier, winner of the battle of Meeanee and first Governor of Sindh

Source: ebay, Aug. 2005


The newly-founded "Punch" published a cartoon in which Napier claimed his victory by saying "PECCAVI" (in Latin, "I have sinned"). More discussion: *VictorianWeb*


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