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IOR/H/565
- Record Id:
- 040-000004648
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-000004036
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000222.0x000178
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/H/565
- Title:
- Abstract of correspondence concerning Tipu Sultan.
- Scope & Content:
- (1) pp. 1-551, Abstract of Correspondence relative to Tipu Sultan 24th July 1783 to 10th Feb. 1796, including:-- (2) pp. 341-58, Abstract of the Narrative of William Drake (Midshipman of the Hannibal) who, with other prisoners, was handed over to Hyder Ali by Admiral Pierre André de Suffrein on 12th Aug. 1782. (See H/250 (6) William Hickey in his Journal, Vol. III, p. 56, says that Suffrein asserted that he was compelled to take this apparently infamous action because he could not provide for the prisoners, and the English refused to exchange their French prisoners. (3) pp. 359-76, Abstract of the Narrative of Mons. Burette (a French surgeon in the English Service) taken prisoner by Tipu Sultan in 1791.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000004036
040-000004648 - Is part of:
- IOR/H : Home Miscellaneous
IOR/H/565 : Abstract of correspondence concerning Tipu Sultan. - Hierarchy:
- 032-000004036[0327]/040-000004648
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/H
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1783
- End Date:
- 1796
- Date Range:
- 1783-1796
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)