1850.] 



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The good condition of the book throughout has rendered my labour 

 with regard to it, comparatively light : with moderate care it maybe long 

 preserved in the collection, as a book of reference. 



Manuscript Book, No. 16, C. M. 882. 

 Section 1. Memoir of Hyder Ali. 

 Section 2. Memoir of Tippu Sultan. 



Hyder, with a brother, lived originally at Sirisi ; and, in consequence 

 of skill discovered in him, he was appointed a local Subadar, under the 

 Mahomedan government. The chief at Chitra-durga (or Chittle-droog,) 

 attacked Sirisi ; whom Hyder resisted, and drove away. Nazar-Jung 

 from Hyderabad came, and captured Arcot. Hyder was selected on ac- 

 count of his military skill and sent against Nazar-Jung. For his services 

 on that occasion, his master, the Mysore-raja, made him a commander of 

 horse. He afterwards received a fief. A division between two brothers 

 Deva raja king of Mysore, and Nanda-raja who desired the throne, led the 

 latter to avail himself of Hyder's services. After the death of Deva-raja, the 

 throne came into the possession of Nanda raja. Hyder afterwards received 

 a commission against persons who refused to pay arrears of taxes. His 

 marriage. His being on service at Trichinopoly. The Nizam Uddowlah 

 gave him presents and privileges. After this he usurped the Mysore 

 kingdom, by removing Nanda raja. He was employed against the Mah- 

 rattas. Notice of the first distinction of Tippu his son. Capture of Ar- 

 cot by the English. Consequent events. Affairs in the Mahratta coun- 

 try. Exploits of Tippu. Various details concerning the proceedings of 

 Tippu. Finally the capture of Seringapatam is therein ascribed to the 

 counsel of Purnaiya a Brahman (afterwards minister of state to Raja 

 Crishna Udiydr). The said Purnaiya is stated to have counselled the 

 English to make the assault, just after meal time when Tippu's people 

 would be intoxicated. It is here also stated that Tippu, on finding the 

 capital taken, stabbed himself; being then 48 years old. The death of 

 Tippu usually has been said to have been by a cannon shot; which is 

 the most probable statement. 



The two memoirs run one into the other, without distinction ; and 

 were copied by a Brahman from public records of the Kai-ter-rayalu, 

 indicating some royal achieves ; but where kept is not clear. 



The document is complete, and continues in good preservation. 



Manuscript Book, No. 1, CM. 913. 



Section 1. Genealogy of the Padshah of Bijapur. This brief docu- 

 ment is very little more than a list of names, with some dates of the He- 

 jira-era attached. The rule of the earlier Pahshahs ; the capture of their 



