Jacobabad, a town of Upper Sind, 26 miles NW. of Shikarpur by rail, near the Beluchi frontier, has cantonments, a residency, and accommodation for the trade caravans from central Asia. Here is the memorial tomb of General John Jacob, commandant of the Sind Horse, who founded the place in 1847, and died here in 1858. Pop. 11,352, including cantonments.
Jacobabad
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 6: Humber to Malta, p. 263
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