The Asiatic Annual Register, Or, A View of the History of Hindustan, and of the Politics, Commerce and Literature of Asia, Volume 1Lawrence Dundas Campbell, E. Samuel J. Debrett, Picadilly, 1801 Includes: A history of British India, monthly chronicles of Asian events, accounts, travel literature, general essays, reviews of books on Asia, political analyses, poetry, and letters from readers. |
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addrefs Affiftant alfo Ally Khan army batt battalion Begum Benares Bengal Bombay Brevet British Calcutta Capt Captain caufe circumftances Colonel Commander in Chief Company's confequence confideration David Scott defire ditto enemy Enfign eſtabliſhed European exprefs faid fame fecond fecurity fend fent fentiments ferved fervice feven fhall fhip fhould fince fituation fome Fort St Fort William French ftate fubject fuch fupport Governor Governor-General Highnefs himſelf honourable houfe houſe India inftant interefts juftice Khoodadaud Sircar Lady laft lefs letter Lieut Lieutenant Lord Lord Clive Lucknow Madras Mahommed Majefty Majefty's Mauritius meaſures Meer ment Mifs minifter moft moſt muft Nabob neceffary neral Nizam obferved occafion officers perfons poffeffion prefent promoted propofed purchaſe purpoſe refident Refolved refpect Regifter regiment regt Ripaud rupees Saadut Ally Seringapatam ſtate Tehfeen thefe theſe thofe thoſe tion Tippoo Sultaun troops ud Dowlah vice Vizier Ally whofe Zenana
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Page 59 - Here was deposited, the mortal part of a man who feared God but not death ; and maintained independence but sought not riches; who thought none below him, but the base and unjust, none above him but the wise and virtuous...
Page 58 - India, by the ordinary paflage round the Cape of Good Hope, I did not relax any part of the naval or military preparations which had been commenced under my orders. The opportunity now appeared favourable for opening a negotiation with Tippoo Sultaun.
Page 287 - ... regulations and ordinances, or for assuming the management and collection of the revenues of the said territories, as he shall judge most expedient for the purpose of securing the efficiency of the said military funds and of providing for the effectual protection of the country and the welfare of the people.
Page 62 - February ; and it is with the greateft falisfacliou that I remark to your honourable court, the beneficial effects which the company have already derived from the recent improvement of our alliance with the court of Hydrabad.
Page 92 - Chief of the allied army in the field, the official details of the glorious and decisive victory obtained at Seringapatam on the 4th of May, offers his cordial thanks and sincere congratulations to the Commander in Chief, and to all the officers and men composing the gallant army, which achieved the conquest of the capital of Mysore on that memorable day.
Page 286 - And his Highness further agrees that the disposal of the said sum, together with the arrangement and employment of the troops to be maintained by it, shall be left entirely to the Company.
Page 73 - Sultaun, of a tendency so evidently hostile to the interests of the allies, as would have justified them, not only in the most serious remonstrances, but even in an appeal to arms. On the part of...
Page 67 - I propofed in that Letter. I expect to have the pleafure of finding your anfwer to that Letter on my arrival at Madras, for which place I am on the point of fetting out from Calcutta ; I hope to arrive at Madras about the fame time that this Letter reaches you, and...
Page 238 - Scehib, one of the sirdars who came with the hostage princes to Lord Cornwallis. He constantly wore a ruby ring, which was esteemed by him as the most valuable in his treasury. His turban also was always adorned with a jewel of great value ; and a pearl rosary was a continual ornament of his person. The pearls of which it consisted, were of uncommon size, and beauty. They had been the colleélion of many years, and were the pride of his dress. When ever he could purchase a pearl of extraordinary...
Page 53 - That his friendly heart is difpofed to pay every regard to truth and juftice, and to ftrengthen the foundations of harmony and concord between the two nations...