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Second Mysore War.

Catalogue reference: IOR/H/250

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Reference
IOR/H/250
Title
Second Mysore War.
Date
1780-1786
Description

(1) pp. 1-19, Journal of George Gray, sent as Vakil to Hyder Ali by Sir Thomas Rumbold, 14th Jan. to 19th March 1780. (2) pp. 25-61, Conversation between Hyder Ali Khan and Shinas Rao (sent by Eyre Coote) 14th and 15th July 1782, Translated by Thomas Graham. (Another version is given in Forrest's Foreign Department Selections, III, 885.) (3) pp. 63-123, Extract of a letter from Mr. [Robert George] Latham, a Volunteer taken prisoner by Hyder Ali [at Baillie's disaster]. (4) pp. 125-38, Lists of Hyder Ali's European prisoners released in 1784. (5) pp. 141-79, Complete lists of Non-commissioned officers and European privates taken prisoner in the war with Mysore 12th June 1786. (6) pp. 181-95, Narrative of William Drake, a Midshipman of the Hanuibal, and other prisoners who escaped from Tipu Sultan, With six lists of prisoners.

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British Library: Asian and African Studies
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Q/SCS/8
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Language
English
Physical description
1 volume
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Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/6ff6234e-643c-4c82-a383-af805ebbb189/

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IOR/H/248-256

Mysore

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Second Mysore War.