H.H The Guikowars Cavalry, Horse Bit. [Archive]

Ibrahiim al Balooshi

26th January 2017, 12:55 AM

Having trouble finding information on the Guikowars cavalry post India Mutiny.
I recently picked up a great horse bit with two brasses marked to H.H. The Guikowars Cavalry. A scimitar is above the intertwined lettering of a C, S and not sure of the other.

The Web is often difficult to use when tracing a name since it is Guikowar not Guikowars ...as there is an apostrophe between the last two letters thus the search is not possible with an s, however, look at http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/john-sutherland/sketches-of-the-relations-subsisting-between-the-british-government-in-india-an-hci/page-8-sketches-of-the-relations-subsisting-between-the-british-government-in-india-an-hci.shtml and that should give an idea how powerful this position was...with several thousand Cavalry and infantry...Good Luck with your search...

I have to add a passage mentioning the subject below but caution that to best effect the reading you need to be wearing a British Pith Helmet and monocle as well as the uniform of the 19th C. of a General...such is the phenomenal English being spoken...Read on !

Quote"The chiefs who were received to-day were all brought in separately
by members of the suite: Major Henderson acting as Interpreter,
the Duke of S., Sir B. F., and the other members of the suite
sitting in Durbar, with the Prince. The Guikowar of Baroda ;
Maharajah of Mysore; a deputation from the Nizam (a sickly boy,
not well enough to come in person) represented by Sir Salar Jung and
other chiefs; Maharajah of Oodeypore ; Maharajah of Kutch; the
Rajah of Kholapore. With each there were a certain number of
chiefs, and the political officers attached to their courts. The salutes
were according to their rank, from 17, 19, to 21 guns". Unquote

Regards,
Ibrahiim al Balooshi.