The history of Hyder Shah...and of his son, Tippoo Sultaun, by M.M.D.L.T., revised and corrected by prince Gholam Moham med, Volume 58 |
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Ali Raja allies Arcot arms arrived Article artillery attack Bangalore Bramin Calicut camp Cananore Canara Canero Carnatic caused cavalry Caveripatam chief coast of Malabar Coimbatoor Colonel commandant consequence council Daulla Decan defend dominions East India Company elephants encamped enemy English army English East India Europeans favour force fortress garrison gave governor Governor-General grenadiers Henry Wellesley honour horse hundred Hyder Ali Khan Hyder's army India Company Behauder infantry king kingdom kingdom of Mysore Kistna leagues letter likewise Lord Cornwallis Madras Madurao Maha Rajah Mysore Mahé Mapelets Marattas Mirza Mohumed Ali Khan mountains Mughdoom Nabob Nabob of Arcot Nand Raja Nayres night obliged pagodas passed Patans pieces of cannon Pondicherry Portuguese possession present received revenue river rupees Samorin Scirra sent Sepoys Seringapatam Shah siege Smith soldiers sovereign Suba Sublime Porte territories thousand Tippoo Sultaun Tirnmale Topasses town treaty troops Unvurudeen Khan Vellore
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Page 364 - General in Council shall be at liberty, and shall have full power and right, either to introduce such regulations and ordinances as he shall deem expedient for the internal management and collection of the revenues, or for the better ordering of any other branch and department of the Government of Mysore...
Page 341 - Allies, being disposed to exercise the rights of conquest with the same moderation and forbearance which they have observed from the commencement to the conclusion of the late successful war, have resolved to use the power which it has pleased Almighty God to place in their hands, for the purpose of obtaining reasonable compensation for...
Page 336 - The details of this painful, but indispensable measure, cannot be entrusted to any person more likely to combine every office of humanity with the prudential precautions required by the occasion, than Colonel Wellesley ; and I therefore commit to his discretion, activity, and humanity, the whole arrangement, subject always to such suggestions as may be offered by the other members of the Commission.
Page 364 - Governor-General in Council shall be at liberty to issue orders, by his own authority either for carrying into effect the said regulations and ordinances, or for assuming the management and collection of the...
Page 291 - Princes, attended and escorted as when they first arrived in camp, came to perform the ceremony of delivering the definitive treaty to Lord Cornwallis and the allies. They were received by his Lordship...
Page 365 - Rajah's determined resolution not to suffer, even for a day, any European foreigners to remain within the territories now subjected to his authority, unless by consent of the said Company.
Page 307 - When Tippoo was brought from under the gateway, his eyes were open, and the body was so warm, that for a few moments. Colonel Wellesley and myself were doubtful whether he was not alive. On feeling his pulse and heart, that doubt was removed. He had four wounds, three in the body, and one in the temple, the ball having entered a little above the right ear. and lodged in the cheek. His dress consisted of a jacket of fine white linen, loose drawers of flowered chintz, with a...
Page 343 - Khan, for the pay and maintenance of a proportionat,e number of troops to be employed in the service of his said Highness, making the share of his Highness as follows : Estimated value of the territory specified in Schedule B, according to the statement of Tippoo Sultaun in 1792...
Page 21 - About half-past five, the prince returns into the hall of audience, or some other large apartment, where he places himself in a balcony to see his troops exercise, and his cavalry defile before him.
Page 16 - His tygers cf chace likewife pay him a vifit. They are led by hand, and are covered with a mantle of green and gold hanging to the ground, and a bonnet on their head, of cloth embroidered with gold, with which their eyes can be immediately covered, if they mould chance to prove mifchievous. Ayder himfelf gives each of them a ball of fweetmeats, which they take very adroitly with their paws, being exceedingly tame.