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Report on the Mackenzie Mmiuscripts. 



[Jan. 



directing tliem to abandon these lints ; pointing tliem to a place where 

 buried treasure was to be found ; and directing them, with it, to build ^ 

 town and fanes. Tboy followed tbe directions given ; obtained the trea- 

 sure ; and came to an open plain where formerly a Javgama shrine had 

 been. Here they determined to remain. They accordingly built a (tnud) 

 fort, with a town, and repaired the old Jangama shrine. The lea.ler is 

 termed, Ba1dipuri-svi\t\xi\, v, ho acquired the power of a local chief, ar.d 

 transmitted his authority to liis descendants. After sorje time ihe ])lace 

 was captured by the Mahoraedans ; subsequently by the Peishwa's Mah- 

 rattas ; and still later by the English. 



Note. — The locality is I believe on the western border of the Mysore 

 country. As a local pnper it is of some value. It is in a perfect state of 

 preservation. 



Manuscript book. No. 9 -> Countermark 875. 



Sectionl. Account of AsuhJ ah (Asuphjah) Nizam-ul-moolk, collect- 

 ed in Mysore. 



This paper Vv^Tnts eight half sheets at the beginning, and is not com- 

 plete at the end. It contains a statement of the Nizam's proceedings at 

 Delhi, and in the south ; mentioning the places subdued, or brought un- 

 der him, and paying tribute. There is a full specification of his officers, 

 civil and military, and of the districts controlled by them. Mention is 

 made of Monsr. Bussy, and of the interference of the French,in the affairs 

 of that part of the C3untry. A combination of various powers was form- 

 ed ; in which liyder, the Peishwa, the Guicovar, and others, were con- 

 cerned ; who fought with the Nizam, and took Hyderabad. Some other 

 affairs with Delhi, and wars ; in the midst of an account of v/hich the 

 document abruptly breaks off. 



Note. — It is written on good French paper, vv^ith permanent ink ; and 

 is in perfect preservation, though incomplete. 



Section 2. Some account of Anagundi, collected in Mysore. 



This paper relates to a period subsequent to the overthrow of the 

 Bayer\s power. A Mahomedan collected a few people ; and pretended 

 that he was authorized from Delhi to assume the feudal principality of 



