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“Battle of Miani.” Hindu History, 2026, https://www.hinduhistory.in/battles/battle-of-miani-1843/. Accessed .
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Hindu History. (2026). Battle of Miani. Retrieved , from https://www.hinduhistory.in/battles/battle-of-miani-1843/
Napier beat the Baluch army of the Mirs on the Fuleli river; the Hyderabad Mirs surrendered and Hyderabad was occupied.
01Napier and the Mirs
Sindh had served the Company as a road to Afghanistan in 1839, and the Mirs had been made to sign treaties they disliked. After the Afghan disaster Lord Ellenborough sent Charles Napier to Sindh with fresh demands: land, a tribute in kind and the right to coin. The Mirs signed under pressure, but their followers attacked the British Residency at Hyderabad on 15 February 1843. Napier, already marching, moved straight on the Mirs’ army.
02The fight in the river bed
On 17 February the Baluch army stood behind the high bank of the Fuleli, with woods on its flanks. Napier attacked frontally with the 22nd Foot and his sepoy regiments. For more than three hours the Baluchis came over the bank with sword and shield and were met with musketry and the bayonet, while a cavalry charge on the right broke into their camp. The Mirs gave up the fight, and several of them surrendered to Napier the next days.
Miani opened the way to the annexation of Sindh, completed after Dubba a month later.
