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Papers concerning the Nawabs of Arcot.
Catalogue reference: IOR/H/292
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This record is a file about the Papers concerning the Nawabs of Arcot. dating from 1792-1797.
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IOR/H/292
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Title (The name of the record)
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Papers concerning the Nawabs of Arcot.
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Date (When the record was created)
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1792-1797
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Description (What the record is about)
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(1) pp. i-xv, List of Contents. (2) pp. 1-207, Proposals for modification of the Treaty of 1792 between the Company and the Nawab of Arcot, Muhammad Ali, who died 13th Oct. 1795, made to his son and successor Umdat-ul-Umara, Advices to the Court from Bengal and Madras October 1795 to January 1797, Disastrous effect upon the Poligars of a divided authority as shown in the ill-conduct of the Raja of Ramnad, Usurious loans and assignments in the Nawab of Arcot's country, The Cavalry Debt. (See India Office Parliamentary Collection, No. 33.) (3) pp. 209-746, Appendix of Proceedings at large referred to in (2), Including correspondence between E. H. Adderley, Lord Cornwallis, Lord Hobart, Capt. R. Mealy, Sir Charles Oakeley, James Powney, Lieut. J. Ridge, Sir John Shore, and the Nawab Umdat-ul-Umara. (4) pp. 271-6, Nawab Umdat-ul-Umara to the King 19th Oct. and to the Chairman of Directors 22nd Oct. 1795, advising of his Father's death and his own accession. (5) pp. 377-80, 388, 405-10, 669-72, Nawab's curious orders to the Poligars of Venkatagiri, Kalastri, and Bomraz. (6) pp. 713-7, Capt. R. Mealy's report to William Collins Jackson, Military Secretary, 22nd Oct. 1796, of the dismantled condition of the Fort of Chandranagiri when made over to him by the Nawab; pp. 725-46, Capt. Mealy's report 17th Oct. 1796 on the quarrel between the Nawab and the Poligar of Mogral, Moodoo Ramapah Naig, with the latter's own account.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- British Library: Asian and African Studies
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Q/ISC/21
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Public Record(s)
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English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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1 volume
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Unrestricted
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/507184b7-4ad8-4a2f-ac6a-5453cb8ce3d5/
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IOR/H/285-331
Arcot
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