Biographical material concerning Tipu, Gangádhar Shastri and Kemal-ud-din-Hussain Khan., ?1st quarter of 19th century.
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) Copy of a memoir of the life and principal transactions of Tipu written by a Maratha Sirdar in his service (page 1);
(ii) Account by Alexander Walker of the career of Gangádhar Shastri in the service of the East India Company, compiled at St Helena in August 1824, with a translation of Shastri's autobiographical memoir (page 212);
(iii) Memoir of the life of Kemal-ud-din-Hussain Khan, another East India Company servant (page 349).
Dates
- Creation: ?1st quarter of 19th century.
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
220 Leaves ; Folio.
Language of Materials
From the Fonds: Undetermined
Arrangement
xii + 428 + some blank pages.
Separated Materials
See MS.13795 for another copy of the memoir in (i).
See MS.13794B for draft notes of the account in (ii).
Genre / Form
Repository Details
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