Skip to main content
Service phase: Beta

This is a new way to search our records, which we're still working on. Alternatively you can search our existing catalogue, Discovery.

File

Notes on the war with Tipu Sultan and related papers.

Catalogue reference: IOR/H/567

What’s it about?

This record is a file about the Notes on the war with Tipu Sultan and related papers. dating from 1755-1792.

Access information is unavailable

Sorry, information for accessing this record is currently unavailable online. Please try again later.

Full description and record details

Reference
IOR/H/567
Title
Notes on the war with Tipu Sultan and related papers.
Date
1755-1792
Description

(1) pp. 1-563, Notes taken from the Correspondence relative to the War with Tipu Sultan 1789-92, arranged in Sections as follows:-- (2) pp. 1-94, Origin of the War ascribed to the attack made by Tipu on 29th Dec. 1789 on the Raja of Travancore, an ally of the British. (3) pp. 97-151, Origin of the War and operations on the Western side of India. (4) pp. 153-201, Operations of the Grand Army under Lord Cornwallis. (5) pp. 205-7, Capitulation of Lieut. Chalmers at Coimbatoor. (6) pp. 209-12, Operations under Major Cuppage October 1791 to January 1792. (7) pp. 213-27, The Malabar Princes 1789 to 1791. (8) pp. 229-35, The Travancore Lines (erected 1764), the attack on which began the War. (9) pp. 237-50, Tipu's attacks on the Dutch and Danes. (10) pp. 253-63, The Raja of Cochin, from 1755. (11) pp. 265-72, Malabar, from Hyder's invasion in 1766. (12) pp. 273-335, Operations of the Marathas under Purseram Bow (Siege of Darwar) and Hurry Punt, Possibility of the Peshwa taking an active part. (13) pp. 337-478, Operations of the Nizam's forces and of the Madras Detachment, Siege of Kopaul, Taje Wunt's Detachment, Detachment under Azim-ul-Omrah and Secunder Jah, Successes of Tipu's son Hyder Sahib. (14) pp. 481-547, Affairs of the Raja of Travancore 1788-89, Major John Bannerman. (15) pp. 549-63, Negotiations between Tipu and the British December 1789 to 6th March 1792.

Held by
British Library: Asian and African Studies
Former department reference
Q/ISC/73
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Physical description
1 volume
Access conditions

Unrestricted

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/06b64ae1-9d50-4e23-9fbe-29adfce920bd/

Series information

IOR/H/549-552

Papers Primarily Relating to Brigadier-General John Jacob and the Anglo-Persian War...

See the series level description for more information about this record.

View series description

Catalogue hierarchy

963,091 records
901 records

Within the fonds: IOR/H

Home Miscellaneous

32 records

Within the series: IOR/H/549-552

Papers Primarily Relating to Brigadier-General John Jacob and the Anglo-Persian War...

You are currently looking at the file: IOR/H/567

Notes on the war with Tipu Sultan and related papers.