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IOR/H/572
- Record Id:
- 040-000004655
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-000004036
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000222.0x00017f
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/H/572
- Title:
- Enclosures to Bengal Secret Letters concerning Tipu Sultan and the French.
- Scope & Content:
- (1) pp. i-ii, List of Contents. (2) pp. 1-320, Enclosures to Bengal Secret Letters 23rd Aug., 3rd and 30th Oct. and 20th Nov. 1798 respecting Tipu Sultan and the French, viz. :-- (3) Minutes by Lord Mornington, Governor-General. pp. 1-2, 18th June 1798, Tipu's Embassy to the French at Mauritius; pp. 9-10, 20th June 1798, Measures to be pursued in reference to Tipu Sultan's conduct; pp. 31-40, 20th July 1798, Defects of the Madras Military Establishment (Printed in Montgomery Martin's Wellesley Despatches, I, p. 241); pp. 67-235, 12th Aug. 1798, Political situation in India and Measures to be adopted in reference to Tipu Sultan (Printed in Martin's Despatches, I, p. 159); pp. 303-6, 20th Oct. 1798, Measures to be adopted in reference to Intelligence from Egypt. (4) pp. 5-7, Proclamation by Anne Joseph Hyppolite Malartie, Governor of Mauritius, 30th Jan. 1798, inviting French Officers, &c. to volunteer for service with Tipu Sultan. (In French. Printed in Martin's Despatches, Introd., pp. viii-x.) This was the immediate cause of the war with Tipu Sultan in 1798. (5) Bengal to Lieut.-Gen. George Harris (Governor of Madras), pp. 13-15, 20th June 1798, to assemble the Army in Madras (Printed in Martin's Despatches, I, p. 64); pp. 25-8, 13th July 1798, to send a force to Hyderabad; pp. 43-4, 20th July 1798, Questions regarding the Madras Military Establishment; pp. 59-63, 10th Aug. 1798, promising reinforcements in men and money. (6) Bengal to Bombay. pp. 17-8, 20th June 1798, to assemble forces in Malabar; pp. 21-3, 13th July 1798, to provide Col. Palmer (Resident at Poona) with European and Indian troops as he may require. (7) pp. 47-56, Madras to Bengal 10th July 1798, with details of the force available in Madras. (8) pp. 239-52, Intercepted Letters to Tipu Sultan, Mons. Dumoulin, &c. from Tranquebar written by Mons. Dubuc, &c. (in French). (9) pp. 255-67, Intelligence from Mysore forwarded by Capt. Macleod and others 21st Aug. 1798. (10) Governor-General to Admiral Peter Rainier. pp. 274-90, 12th and 31st Aug. 1798; pp. 299-302, 12th Oct. 1798, Chiefly respecting the French. (11) pp. 295-6, 307-13, Intelligence relative to the French in Egypt. (12) pp. 315-20, Governor-General to Tipu Sultan 8th Nov. 1798, proposing to send Major Doveton to explain the wishes of the British and their Allies (Printed in Martin's Despatches, I, p. 326).
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000004036
040-000004655 - Is part of:
- IOR/H : Home Miscellaneous
IOR/H/572 : Enclosures to Bengal Secret Letters concerning Tipu Sultan and the French. - Hierarchy:
- 032-000004036[0334]/040-000004655
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/H
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1798
- End Date:
- 1798
- Date Range:
- 1798
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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