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IOR/H/248

Record Id:: 040-000004291
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:: 032-000004036
MDARK:: ark:/81055/vdc_100000000222.0x000020
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Format:: ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/H/248
Title:: Relations with Hyder Ali, Second Mysore War, and actions of Tipu Sultan.
Scope & Content:: (1) pp. 1-8, Letter from Resident at Onore 31st Oct. 1766 relative to the Rise, Connections and present situation of Hyder Ali Khan. (2) pp. 11-6, Madras Consultations 27th Aug. and 3rd Oct. 1772, Hyder Ali's threatened attack on Maleavar; pp. 19-33, Do., do. 23rd Nov. 1782, Promise of protection against Hyder Ali in reply to Rana of Mysore's request to John Sulivan, Resident at Tanjore. (3) p. 27, Plan of engagement between Eyre Coote and Hyder Ali between Porto Novo and Cuddalore 1st July; p. 29, Do., do. near Perambaukam 27th Aug.; p. 31, Do., do. at Sholangur 27th Sept. 1781. (4) pp. 32-286, Narrative of the Second War with Hyder Ali 12th Aug. 1779 to 27th Sept. 1782 (? by Major Sydenham). (5) pp. 287-96, Description of the Provinces under the rule of Hyder Ali (Imperfect); pp. 297-9, Mr. Grant's report on the amount of Tipu Sultan's Revenues. (6) pp. 301-11, C. W. B. Rouse to Sir George Yonge 21st June, returning an untranslatable MS., supposed to be in the Tibetan or Carnatic character, and letter from Sir G. Yonge 3rd June 1788 (all originals). (7) pp. 315-20, Governor-General and Council to Tipu Sultan 5th July 1788, with reply. (8) pp. 323-37, Notes on the provocations offered by Tipu Sultan in the years 1787, 1788 and 1789. (9) pp. 339-49, Concise account of Tipu Sultan's attack on the Lines of Travancore 29th Dec. 1789, with an engraved Dutch plan of Cranganore and a sketch of the northern limits of Travancore. (10) pp. 353-75, Correspondence between John Hollond (and the Madras Government) and Gen. Conway, the Comte de Luzerne and Col. de Fresne at Pondicherry 21st Sept. 1789 to 15th Dec. 1790, relative to English prisoners handed over to Hyder Ali by the French. (11) pp. 377-9, 381-5, 539-44, Lord Cornwallis to the Nizam 7th July 1789 regarding the Treaty between the Marathas and the Nizam against Tipu Sultan (Printed). (12) pp. 389-94, Directors' Orders and Instructions as to the conduct to be observed towards Tipu Sultan and the Nizam 23rd Jan. 1787 to 6th May 1791 (Printed). (13) pp. 397-401, List of Papers laid before the House of Commons in consequence of Mr. Hippisley's Motion, relative to Tipu Sultan and Travancore. (14) Printed Papers as described in No. (13) above, viz., pp. 405-67, Correspondence between the Governments of Bengal and Madras 5th Aug. 1789 to 16th March 1790; pp. 468-84, Correspondence between the Government of Madras and the Raja of Travancore 14th June 1789 to 1st March 1790; pp. 487-98, Correspondence between Tipu Sultan and the Madras Government on the Travancore purchase of Jaycottah and Cranganore from the Dutch 8th Aug. 1789 to 22nd May 1790; pp. 501-33, Correspondence of Capt. J. Bannerman and George Powney (Resident at Travancore) with Bengal and Madras Governments 22nd May 1789 to 9th March 1790; pp. 535-6, Information furnished to the Directors by Sir Archibald Campbell regarding the Travancore purchase of Forts from the Dutch 18th Sept. 1790. (These papers are printed in the India Office Parliamentary Collections, Nos. 26 and 27.) (15) pp. 545-68, Mr. Dundas' Notes on the Indian War 1791. (16) pp. 571-3, Translation of a letter from Gholam Ali Khan by B. Edmonstone with Key to the Cypher.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Project / Collection:: India Office Records
Hierarchy Record Ids:: 032-000004036
036-000004290
040-000004291
Is part of:: IOR/H : Home Miscellaneous
IOR/H/248-256 : Mysore

IOR/H/248 : Relations with Hyder Ali, Second Mysore War, and actions of Tipu Sultan.
Hierarchy:: 032-000004036[0129]/036-000004290[0001]/040-000004291
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Record Type (Level):: File
Extent:: 1 volume
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Languages:: English
Scripts:: Latin
Start Date:: 1766
End Date:: 1791
Date Range:: 1766-1791
Era:: CE
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