The History of Hyder Shah, Alias, Hyder Ali Khan Bahadur, And of His Son, Tippoo Sultan

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as
for
the
propriety
of
his
conduct,
which
far
exceeds
could
A
2
for
king,
will
nearly
as
much
as
the
laws
of
the
ancient
to France in particular.
V
C.
Morris
tjL
terms
Vicar-general
of
ambitious
views
of
Nizam
El
Moulouc,
Grand
Vizier
and
Suba
of
Decan,
who,
possession
activity
and
energy.
be
sufficient
to
form
a
judgment
of
him,
if
we
recollect
that
he
affirms,
they
are
a
part.
the
activity
of
the
besieged,
to
Ali
Khan.
father-in-law
of
the
fortress,
which
was
whom,
at
their
prince;
happen
that
many,
who
think
themselves
intimately
acquainted
with
the
history
of
India,
may
demand,
how
the
Writer
learned
the
facts
he
relates
in
this
place.
or at
he was
Pondicherry,
with
an
innumerable
army.
to his
English,
In
his
return
to
capital,
he
was
accompanied
by
M.
de
Bussi,
at
distance,
which
answers
nearly
to
2,500
toises,
or
a
few
yards
more
than
an
English
league.
B
2
same as
those of
into
their
carriages.
him
as
much
as
possible
of
that
stateliness
and
taciturnity
which
almost
all
the
other
do
not
cavalry
and
infantry.
that
when
any
military
operation
requires
make
three
genuflections.
and very often
chief,
who
is
always
present,
and
who
places
it
bearing
a
large
collar
He
his couriers,
a paper,
Ministers,
girl
or
woman
to
death.
not announced,
but go
fronting
the
secre-
in
a
balcony
to
see
his
troops
exercise,
writing.
a
great
number
of
Mussalchys
in their hand
the
strangers,
and
politely
inform
they play
he
himself
gives
a
few
to
the
lords
happy
mortal
procuring, among
this class
of their
beauty. She
have
no
second
parts,
and
are
always
repeated.
c
his
friend
with
some
trinket,
or
piece
of
varied to infinity.
of
honour.
c
2
signs,
instead
of
his
name,
the
two
Shah.
gold.
(144,000)
well-disciplined
troops,
together
with
a
divisions of
the army.
Mogols, all
and
to
cause
a
large
square
standard
to
be
hoisted
before
his
tent,
which
is,
at
the
same
time,
a
own,
that
composed
the camp.
at
present.
It
will
seen
how
this
prince
lost
the
regency.
the
French,
and
the Introduction.
encamped himself
to the
arguments
of
the
French
commandant,
the
several
stories
that
have
been
circulated
respecting
Hyder
's
intentions.
t
Hyder,
though
general
of
cavalry
in
the
army
of
Mysore,
had
troops
of
his
own.
—The
left
is
the
post
of
honour
in
India.
satisfaction
they
observed
that
Hyder
had
drawn
the
and
exacted
contributions.
the
king's
his troops.
embraced
the
principal
officers,
telling
them
that
embraced
him,
and
they
with,
having
lost
a
very
inconsiderable
number
of
men.
to
prevail
on
sepoys
in
the
same
degree,
saw
with
great
satis-
law
B
liim
to
his
own
distance
of
three
leagues
of
an
agreement
long
was,
d2
after
taking
the
advice
that
they
were
or
life,
but
would
always
regard
him
are all
his
immense
fortune
same
bill:
so
that
the
letter
of
exchange
drawn
by
Guzerat bankers.
only
to
Hindoos,
and
is
not
properly
applied
to
Mogols.
but
sending
intelligence
to
Abdali,
the
the
Marattas
and
that
European
nation.
empire.
that
cannot
be
burned
without
first
cutting
it
down
and
drying
it.
with
rice
and,
with
no
for leather.
Prince
of
Canara
on
Bidnoor.
The
resigned
a
kingdom
to
him,
she
This
approached in
which this
in
the
morning,
the
second
at
midnight.
the
kings
of
Canara.
dying, left
world
his
father.
all
the
commerce
of
their
country,
as
well
by
sea
as
rich
and
numerous,
and
that
respect,
notwithstanding
they
are
great
enthusiasts.
The
shocking
effects
of
their
fanaticism
have
been
often
seen
at
Mahe.
death.
e2
his
high
had
so
long
enjoyed
it
To
Moctum,
was
called
Moctum
Ali
Khan,
or
Nabob
Moctum
Ali
Xhan.
poem
on
every
event
that
adds
to
the
reputation
or
glory
of
the
prince.
purpose
several
assemblies
were
held
at
Calicut,
where
security,
by
reason
of
Mahometans,
their
deputies
represented
justice
to
many
hundreds
of
Christians,
inhabitants
of
Cananore,
almost
others
fort
and
territory
to
Ali
Eaja,
they
made
no
stipulation
in
nearly
half
a
crown
a
head.
with
his
army
to
see
justice
done
employed force,
were
astonished
at
the
conduct
of
Hyder,
with
whom
they
to
prevent
Hyder
Malabar
number
being
forced
to
acquiesce
in
the
pay
of
a
private
soldier.
see
so
small
a
number
of
troops ;
many
of
them
could
not
horses.
kept out
diminished
by
his
vessels,
taken
refuge
near
those
places.
resolution
to
massacre
the
Mapelets,
and
had
foretold
the
consequences
to
his
nephews.
On
this
intelligence,
visit.
He
met
this
Samorin
on
fire;
but
being
of
the
same
caste
as
the
Xayres,
they
made
it
a
common
cause.
Cananore.
They
had
even
collected
together
possession
of
their
dominions
he occupied.
of
Malabar.
It
commenced
by
almost
at
beasts
and
noxious
the
bridle.
recalled
a
party
of
his
cavalry
that
had
been
luckily
cantoned
a
select
party
pair
of
was
the
cause
that
they
were
almost
the
only
persons
in
the
army
that
were
attacked
by
the
dysentery.
to
sufier
him
to
go
near
the
Nayres,
right
wing,
were
charged
to
attack
the
captain
being
affronted,
he
demanded
his
dismission,
and
immediately
obtained
it.
F
2
of
the
from
their
camp
with
disorder
and
precipitation.
of
Madigheri,
scarcity
of
forage.
On
quality agreed
exact
account
of
the
sums
expended
for
Hyder,
complaining
of
the
mutiny
and
disobedience,
not
at
an
instant
in
which
he
to
inform
them,
that
he
received
considerable
sums
of
the
defeat
of.
Europeans
have
never
been
can
most
rely
on.
were
that after
had
to
perform,
arbitrators
they
might
out
of
their
camp.
In
consequence
of
this
advice,
Sepoys.
all
pass
he
is
the
confidential
minister
of
the
Nabob.
As it could
the
frontiers,
and
in
the
country
of
Travancore,
Hyder
in
his
absence,
of
the
general
commandant.
at
the
different
exercises
and
evolutions.
G
not
come
to
the
hearing
of
Hyder.
However,
whether
through
a
sense
composed
of
Colonel
Call,
G 2
which
forms
a
body
of
about
-^Ye
thousand
men.
It
must
be
allowed
made
the
fifth
day
of
every
lunar
month
that
he
was
going
to
supper
with
the
commandant-general
at
Coimbatoor.
a
court
martial
was
assembled,
at
which
the
two
criminals
were
tried,
and
convicted
of
all
kinds
of
evolutions.
This
spectacle,
entirely
new
to
mission.
had rendered
father, addressed herself
she
had
he had
amounting
renewed
the
widow's
complaint,
he
sent
for
to
follow
in
their
decisions;
and
that
Christian
princes
cannot
evade
them
by
contrary
laws.
sixty
a Bramin.
name.
Before
that
instance
of
any
complaint
river
of
Mangalore,
which
they
factory.
to
who was
casually there.
them to
consequence
of
this
be
without
the
means
of
subsisting
reputably.
small cross
being
arrived
at
Calicut,
the
English
especially
as
our
attention
is
required
H
did
not
a
secret
disorder
for
the
sum
of
one
confirmed
the
intelligence
given
by
the
h2
Upon
the
of the Suba.
; they
continually
sound
during
the
time
elephants
a
very
large
conical
bore,
that
discharge
a
whole
handful
of
balls
at
once.
One
bore lances,
the steel
almost
naked,
with
large
silk
scarfs
towns,
villages,
and
castles :
the
appearance
of
were
carried
by
men
on
foot
at
the
end
of
a
long
staff,
covered
with
gold
or
silver.
artificially
the queen
globes of
staff,
the
head
of
a
and ornamented
to possess.
of
religion.
; he had edu-
in
the impor-
other words,
engaged
to
do,
or
it
proper
to
keep
his
brother-in-law
in
some
country
you
command
He
suffered
where
the
army
annually
assembles.
In spite
powers,
the
Chotay
is
never
mentioned.
give
them
battle
with
Scirra,
and
the
other
strong
his enemies.
and
afterwards
they
were
dispatched
to
an
necessaries,
at
a
price
much
below
that
his
people.
hill
on
the
two parties
the country.
spiracles.
that he
appoint
generals
have
a
set
in
the
cavalry
and
infantry.
i2
while
they
were
well
clothed,
should
action of
one hundred
Hyder,
whose
spared.
elephants
: this
cavalry
was
followed
by
a
cavalry,
among
of
the
enemy.
exceedingly embarrassed.
leaving,
encamped
between
supporting
the
and
four
thousand
chosen
cavalry,
with
three
hundred
Europeans,
and
a
regiment
of
Sultaun
received
a
visit
from
Busalut-
all
the
territory
he
possessed
to
the
exclusion
of
the
proper
and
legitimate
heirs
; that
in
that
were
their
own
politics
upon
themselves.
intention
was
to
compel
Hyder
to
yield,
either
to
this
cession,
in
order
to
insure
the
protection
and
assistance
of
the
English,
they
never
pardoned
either
between
him
personages
intrigue
had
opportunity
now
presented
itself
of
repairing
K
:
and
where
every
advantage
absolute
confidence,
promise
to
insure
it
from
any
of
Eontainebleau.
k2
compliment the
two Subas.
letter,
gave
the
place
an
appearance
of
being
in
a
state
of
defence.
; but
that
he
was
the
that
he
would
explain
these
reasons
to
the
two
princes
who
had
written
to
him,
softening
his
refusal
as
he
judged
best:
armies
the
of the
the
impossibility
of
making
them
sufficiently
numerous
have
forbidden
to
dwell
in
walled
towns,
because
prejudice,
to
follow
the
army,
procure.
These
men
undertook
utility
in
sieges
and
the
construction
of
intrenchments,
in
the
embrasure
without
any
assistance.
Raja, which
pleasantry of
he
affirmed,
was
weak,
and
incapable
He wrote,
given
orders
to
Mughdoom
Ali
Khan,
gave
Hyder
an
opportunity,
on
his
arrival
at
Seringapatam,
to
readily assisted
in
to
the
Persian
writer,
named
Meer
Saeb,
secretary
to
the
French
officer,
and
who
had
been
was
who
his
secretary.
to
obey
punctually
the
orders
of
Mughdoom,
or
his
brother,
Ismael
Saeb.
one
of
your
people,
he
will
send
him
made
by
themselves.
to whom
being
of
Bangalore.
When
they
had
arrived,
and
encamped
at
the
gates
of
this
city,
several
councils
were
held,
to
determine
on
the
operations,
and
take
the
or
conjointly.
Hitherto
we
the
not
having
joined
of any
famous
war,
of Hyder.
countries
; and
or
two
twenty
thousand
Topasses,
or
l2
the
them
up ;
however
they
have
been
frightened,
marched
thrown into disorder.
the hope of
not
previously
the
would have.
of
Sumatra,
too
numbers,
about
8,700,0001.
sterling.
their
time,
place,
sooner
put
among
the
cavalry
and
manners.
The
English
at
Madras,
in
addition
to
all
these
troops,
in
number
above
thirty
thousand,*
commanded
by
M.
de
la
Touche.
The
courage
of
this
small
French
army,
and
still
more
of
their
general,
is
not
perhaps
to
be
parallelled
in
any
history,
either
ancient
or
modern.
on the expiration of
must
have
paid
^ye
rupees
carried
by
men.
of
the
fortress
of
Kisnagari,
six leagues
from the
pass of
repair
to
the
defence
of
the
if
she
had
stayed
with
them.
it was
Topasses,
in
order
that
this
counter-march
might
be
cavalry, that
afterwards
gave
him
a
com-
of
Hyder.
mountains with
Mughdoom
fell
upon
them
three
columns,
whose
Caveripatam,
which
was
m2
place
is
intended
to
be
assaulted
by
an
Indian
army,
it
is
allowed
to
all
those
who
are
not
upon
duty,
to
go
and
risk
their
and
attack
him.
to
a
large
who
suffered
from
the
musketry,
the
without
observed
that
persuade himself
of the
This
is
exactly
conformable
to
the
account
given
by
the
English
themselves.
into
the
hands
of
marched
his
army
the
following
so
far
from
the
scene
of
action.
with such
rapidity. This
that they
army;
commanding
the
rest
of
his
infantry
likewise,
who
began
to
appear,
to
advance
as
quick
as
possible.
To
judge
of
the
disadvantages
under
which
Hyder's
army
fought,
it
will
be
sufficient
to
consider
how
much
his
infantry
must
have
been
cannon, that
have
attacked
them.
The
slope
of
the
hill
was
gentle,
but
it
^vas
the
them,
as
his
grenadiers
the
balls
plunder,
of
Hyder,
without
his
detachment,
or
the
whole
his
troops,
and
at
other
of
the
English
general,
was
desirous
of
laying
a
snare
for
at the
doubting
years
of
age,
fearful
his
very
early
the
camp,
present
occasion,
was
in
great
pain
when
the
infantry
returned,
and
the
night
of
affairs,
and
demanded
their
advice.
The
horse.
Hyder,
marching
above
ten
showers
they
were
exposed
to
passed,
etc.
N
readiness
to
ihe Caleros and
flank,
and
to
n2
defence,
which
would
the
country,
whose
revenue
was
which ought
and
according to
that
commanded
a
underwood
we
a part of their
It
convenience.
of
making
a
the
cannoneers
of
those
pieces
that
appeared
the
hill-side.
While
Hyder
that
exposed
them
and
disorder;
while
his
cavalry
appeared
to
advance
bravely
and
in
good
order
Hyder,
across
to
suspect
some
treachery:
the
enemy;
the
season.
in which
in cavalry,
fire.
was
already
in
the
valuable eifects of
with fleurs-de-lis.
tormenting
embarrassment.
The
unexpected
inhabited
by
great
numbers
of
Europeans
the
battle
expect
in
future.
richly
furnished
and
all
the
villages,
which
are
very
numerous
and
full
of
people,
are
inhabited
by
mount,
the
servants
of
Mr.
himself
to
them,
to
demand.
stratagem
he
succeeded
into
o
among
other
things,
caused
him
to
sit
on
a
kind
of
throne
son
of
Nizam's
nurse,
who
possessed
an
employ
in
his
palace.
was
informed
whole
retinue
o2
large
Persian
oxen.
There
were
likewise
It
rains
no
difficulty
in
supporting
it.
Very
day
after
the
departure
of
that
lady,
the
and
though
was
attended
with
much
difficulty,
the
advised
that
the
conference
was
broken
off,
and
*' Make what
the
besiegers,
composed
the
commandants
on
a
mountain
of
the
most
steepness
the only
accessible side,
to
reconnoitre
the
town,
in
spite
of
the
army
of
Nizam
on
the
side
of
Vaniambari
and
Ventigheri.
army was
attack.
The
of
day
o'clock
the
troops
sallied
forth
were
which
we
have
the mountain^
the
largest
guns,
the
rest
being
Indians.
consul
succeeding in his
consequences
gave
them
sufficient
reason
to
repent.
On
the
news
of
the
enemy's
approach,
Hyder
put
himself
at
the
off
the
at
the
head
of
a
large
body
of
cavalry,
and
the
commandant
of
Europeans
at
the
head
of
the
hussars
and
dragoons,
English.
The
French
commandant,
in
falling,
received
a
contusion
on
the
buttock
and
thigh,
that
formed
an
who
returned;
and
General
Smith
ordered
his
confinement.
commandant
with
the
cross
he
had
to
Hyder,
who
gave
him
the
request
of
the
other,
he
did
not
expose
him.
Our
gentleman,
thus
him
that
all
the
Europeans
in
Hyder's
service,
who
constituted
his
chief
force,
were
much
in
question.
p
there.
He
sup-
posed
and young men
the
letter
of
complaint,
sent
for
those
who
were
nominated,
and
demanded
their
word
him on
the
officer
p
2
Eaza Saeb
to frustrate
this undertaking
that belonged
could
shew
him.
difficult
commandant.
Hyder
esteemed
the
from
Vellore,
and
from
physician
in
Sweden,
which
on the
they should
have the
Hyder's
service,
by
passing
over
to
truth.
favours.
In
fact,
Hyder
had
obliged
to
wait
a great
the
army.
We
have
Two
counsellors
of
among
other
powers.
a
was
apprised
w^as resolved
the night
a
same
instant
the
English
grenadiers
leaped
out
of
the
trench,
mounted
the
place
in
danger
of
being
besieged,
to
leave
the
same
with
all
their
effects
DivaneUi,
who
came
to
offer
liim
a
contri-
the
fidelity
of
the
Canarins
was
such,
that
he
came
in
sight
of
the
English
camp
before
Hyder,
after
this
decision,
as for
and
three
leagues
from
the
to
Madras.
Colonel
Call's
col-
q2
means
of
regain-
ing
the
with
an
earnest
of their garrison.
then
of Europeans
rode directly
he
hoped
to
deserve
his
applause
by
making
a
their
brave
defence
to
give
him
a
new
occasion
of
acquiring
glory.
Hyder,
extraordinary,
the
commanding
officer
under
him
obeyed
of
even
their
things
to
be
concealed
for
a
declaration,
suddenly
disappeared,
determine
where
he
effect
In
the
first,
which
George
IH.
parade
in
a
harbour.
siege
of
Ambour.
To
the
Madras
government.
enormous
magnitude.
the
and
in
to spread
See
page
119.
pretended
to
retire,
part
of
his
artillery
and
baggage
in
a
fortress.
each
end.
This
order
but
he
had
already
of cavahy, consisting
in
Hyder's
army
on
foot.
Khan
Bahadoor.
like
them,
live
in
communities.
He
wrote
to
his
brother-in-law
the
reasons
that
induced
him
to
take
this
resolution,
informing
him
that
he
saw
no
other
means
of
preserving
what
he
had
consecrated
to
his
service;
and
assuring
him
that
if
circumstances
R
general was
by
the
bribes,
of
that
potentate.
hundred
being
Europeans.
afi'airs
of
the
Maratta
b2
otHer power would
by
the
employment
the
English
they
suffered
him
to
retain
for
the
conclusion
promise
of
support
from
the
English
to
refuse
attacking
the
English.
His
attack
the
town.
After
the
commandant,
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