Read the witness before the verdict
Court, diplomacy and campaigns
Compare a selected audience, military review, treaty draft, received letter and parliamentary exchange, keeping their purposes and limits visible.
8 entries · 17 min reading, calculated from article text
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Your reading goal
Identify who recorded each account, distinguish a proposal from an outcome, and follow an exact passage before combining accounts.
- 01History · 3 min read
The Treaty of Amritsar 1809
Read the 1809 agreement through an amended draft, a diplomatic minute and conflicting printed dates, distinguishing proposals from the reasoning behind them.
- 02History · 2 min read
Multan conquest of 1818
Follow the 1818 Multan campaign through command arrangements, river supplies, the siege and its aftermath, using two explicitly connected early narratives.
- 03History · 2 min read
The Lahore Darbar
Read the Lahore court through an escorted audience, visible seating hierarchies and later material studies, keeping observations and identifications distinct.
- 04History · 2 min read
Military reform under Ranjit Singh
Examine military change through dated inspections of manoeuvres, locally cast ordnance and command on parade, preserving each observer’s limited viewpoint.
- 05History · 2 min read
The First Anglo-Sikh War
Follow the Sutlej campaign through Aliwal and Sobraon, alongside a parliamentary dispute over military thanks and approval of government policy.
- 06History · 2 min read
The Treaty of Lahore 1846
Read the Lahore settlement through its separately dated March 1846 instruments, distinguishing territorial cessions, military limits and a temporary garrison.
- 07History · 2 min read
The Second Anglo-Sikh War
Read the war through received letters, dated campaign despatches and requests for official papers, separating military surrender from later political outcomes.
- 08History · 2 min read
The annexation of Punjab in 1849
Trace Punjab’s annexation in 1849 through the earlier Lahore settlement, the dated transfer of power and a later critic’s challenge to its justification.
A question to carry with you
Choose one claim from your reading. Identify its source and locator. What does that source directly establish, and what would need a second source?