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London, England, 1802-09-11 00:00:00

INDIA PAPERS.

The letters found at Seringapatam were princi-
pally written to Tippoo Sultaun by his Ambalra-
(Pm, Gholaum Ally Khan, and Ally Rezza Khan, '
who attended on his Eons at Fort George, in 1792
and 1793, being then hoitages. The firft letter
relates to a converfation which took place on a
vifit made by the Princes (Tippoo's Eons)) to the
Nabob Wallajab. The Nabob told the Ambaira-
dors on this occafion, that there was no remedy
for what had already taken place between him and
Tippoo Sultaun ; but that he was then defirous of
eftablifhing a cordial harmony with him.

The fecond letter is merely a declaration that
the Anabaffadors will never difclofe i particular
kind of writing which their mailer Tippoo has
communicated to them.

The third letter is to "the flume cffeft.

The fourth letter gives an account of a vifit paid
on the 3oth of July, 1792, by Nabob Wallajah,
who was accompanied by Omdut ul Omrah, and
Haffein Newauz Khan. The Nabob taking the
Princes on his knees blelfed them, and Paid,

May Goo long and permanently preferve the Diadem/ of
Tippoo &thaw' extended over you and me, fince in this age
the on of religion depends upon him alone. I have
• my Both year, and in that time many are the things I
have ken and done, and experienced. What is palled is paled,
and GOD only knows what futurity may bring to light. At
regent the maintenance of religion rafts with Tippoo Sultaun,
and may GOD rtraire and keep him vietorions and trium-
phant. Ido not fay this merely in your pretence ; but I fay it,
• taking to witncfs MN who knows aD that is hidden. Night
and day, after the prayers of the day, and on Friday, after
I:bitrandevotion, I offer up my prayers (meaning for Tippoo
) and require the people alto to do the fame." ,
On the following day the Princes returned the
vita. The Nawaub, accompanied by Omdut ul
Omrah, came out to meet them. This was the
day of celebrating the feaft of the Camel. When
the Nawaub carefed the Princes, he raid—

" Goo prefave the Sukaun in Sakti; for through him
alone theft t dna* and obkrvances of the faith yet remain."-
-He than obfereed to the Ambalfadors—P In my lira eonverfa-
don with you, I (poke to you upon the fubjeet of eltablithing
friend's* and harmony between me and Tippoo Sultaun.—
Hate you intimated it to him, and have you received a favour-
able anfwer Ambaffadon replied. they had fet forth,
.word for word, the friendly fentintents his Highnefs had ex-
peered, and that Tippoo Sultaun bad written in reply, that
friendihip,union,and brotherly regard had from the beginning
been eftablifhed among the Protefors of !Swam ,as was evinced
by the teftimony of the Holy Boak,that cordial friendfbip and
attachment thould, without prejudice or partiality, be eftablifh-
ed between the Followers of the Faith, as the means of fupport-
hog the Religion of Mabomed."

•
His Highnefs further added,
• «to coandend= of the complexion of the times, the state
of which is ntanifeft, and that the rapport of the religion of
fidahonted in this country entirely depends spats the Sultans
my nightly and daily prayer is offered up for his good." He'
then Paid to the Princes--s Oh !my Soos! if my life and pro-
perty can be of any ferrite to you, GOD is witnefs that I will
not rehire them to yott.*-41e then gave orders to the Superin-
teadant of the Gardens, to carry every day fruits and Bowen
to the Princes. bdoee his (the Nabob's) own children.
The fifth letter is from Tippoo Sultann to his
Amhatfadors. Talking of the kindnefs fhewn his
ions by Wallajah,• he obferves,
" k is evident that the Nawsobis a pillar of the Mahatm-
as's Religion. the Sled of the At.aitowrr, a man of dignity
sod worldly expetienot ; whatever favour and attention he
may thew towards ray foes, lobe ark his gucits, and you, I
float afforedtv confider as a Masers conferred upon myfelf....
This drcumftance has afforded me mitt.kpleafure. My hopes
Aasitowr v GOD and hls Ifivine Meffenger Ilfe, that the
Nawaub will do Viscera may tend to the fuppurt of the reli-
gion of lidaboosed, and that he will give the necelfary attention
to this point. You will mention to him that he mutt confakr
my foes as his OWD • that, in conformity to the command of
Goo and the Prophet, the improvement of frieodihip among
the priciron of lflandfm will be beneficial to various concerns
bath %lewd sod temporal, and that. deeming me attached to
onr common religion and to his Highnefs'sperfon,he will diredt
Ids attention accordingly; you 'Mello !tate to the Nawasb the
pther points of frientlatip, which you 'have repeatedly heard
from my mouth."

The filth number is a key to the cyphers found
in the records of Beringapatam : they are very
few, and have apparently very little myftery or
meaning in them. .
No. 7, is•a letter from Gholaum Ally Khan to
Tippoo, in which he fays, there are many things
which cannot be committed to paper. He talks
ache friendihip and good-will of the two Sirdars,
which nu* bc verbally made known to his 24a
jelly.
Nest is a letter from Tippoo to Nawaub Wal.
lajah, in which he steknowledgcs the kindnefs and
good-will of the Nawaub towards him.

The ninth number is a letter frost) Tippoo to
Orndut ul QmrAh; in one part of which he filys—
m By the Grace of Qpn, the molt lineere attachment and
perfeet unanimity Iwo (rpm the beginning been eitabilibed
ammo' the believers of the enWencri declaim of Malsomed,
Set ewe event has ice peeper Won, and hence no opportu-
nity has yet eicrad km As octopi expadaticia of OW

toil regard. Now, however, the Tete* of your kind letter,
replete with the friendly fentiments with wide% our hearts
are mutually impreffed, has doubly added to thy flume at-
tachment and cordial regard. I ant confident that you will
axed your attention to the adjuitineut -of affairs between me
and the wei4-loyisr of mankind, who is the chief and princi-
pal of the pogeffors of lflamifot ; and that deeming me from
my heart your well-wilber, you will always keep me in your
recolledion by your friendly letters."

In another letter (No. so) Gholaum Ally Khan
tells Tippoo, his Mater, that he had always kept
Rationed in Bengal feveral perfons of the higher
dais, for the purpofe of colleting and tranfmitting
intelligence daily.

The letter (No. i I.) written to Tippoo by his
Ambalfadors, and which is dated May 2, 1793,
Rates, that Omdut ul Omrah had been attending
the young Princes at the exhibition of fireworks in
the garden belonging to the Governor of Madras;
and when he was departing, he faid to the Am-
balradors—
° You will give my refpedtful compliments, by way of re-
membrance to his Majefty, and inform him that hr may con-
fider mg from my heart, attached to him, and that, pleafe
Goa, at a proper occafion, my fidelity towards him than be
made manitelt to hbn."

The twelfth letter, from the Ambaffadors to
Tippoo, dated June 5, 1793, gives an account
of the war which broke out between France and
force of the other Powers of Europe.

Zama of a Letter from Gholaum Ally Khan. and Ally
Russ Khan, to Tippoo Sultaun, dated 15th of Sumree,
of the year Sehir 1231, A.N. M. (anfwering to about
the 23d of July. 1793).
" The Nawaub Wallajah has repeatedly fent wprd to us, by
Khadir New= Khan-that he had fosnething of a feerct nature
which he wilted to fay to us in private ; adding, that if we
would go under pretence of Peeing a mofque which his High.
nefs has built, he would fend Omdut ul Omrah alone to meet
us. Accordingly, on the syth of Tuckee (anfwering to about
she sift of June, t 793) we went to the marque, whither Om-
dut ul Otnrah repaired silo. On the left of the mofque is the
tomb of a celebrated Devotee (by name Futtah Shah) who
died about fix months ago, and ereaed at his Highnefs's
expellee. thider pretence of performing ttie Fautehah (or
prayers for the dead) Otudul ul Omrak took our hands and
carrad us into the tomb. When there, he aged us whether
we had full powers from your Majefty, or were under the no.
eeffity of making reference upon every fubjetft We replied;
that we had been a year and more in attendance here, during
which period many points of bland* had been negotiated, and
continue to be negotiated, by us; and that, pleafe God, oar
proceedings were and would be approved and confirmed by
your Majefty; and that with his (Omdut ul Omrah's) know-
ledge of this, his goddess appeared very extraordinary to us.
That it was proper to put to Vaal', that we were only fer-
iants and weU Mihail of the Skean, and that we hid power to
at in any thing that appeared to us calculated to promote your
Highnefs's intereft and welfare; but in the other cafe not. Om-
dut d Omrah was much pleated, and, fmiling, Paid to us, " So
it ought to be." He then delivered the following, on the
part of the Nawaub Wallajah :.—That for a very long time
there had been, without a caufe, a veil (or want of cordiality)
between his Highnefs and your Maj -&i y which had been
produaive of injuries to both; but now that, by the favour of
Goo, a fyftem of harmony, Inch as is becoming among the
profefors of Mamffm, had taken place, his Highnefs confi-
dently hoped from Goo the prime caufe of all, that the time
part might be amply redeemed; that for his Highnefs's own
pan, confidering from his heart himfelf, his country, and his
property, to belong to your Majefty, he bad made it a tefta-
mentary injundlion to. his children and family, taking Goo
and.hk Holy Prophet to witnefs, to pray night and day for
the Pillar of Faith; (that is to fay) your Majefty; and to
confider their profperity and welfare as infeparably conneaed
with your Majefty; that we muff afcertain your Majefty's
willies on this head in a manner fatisfaftory to both ; and if
your Majefty amid be, from your bean, folleitous of this
propofed cordial harmony, his Highnefi would, under the ter-
timouy of Goo and his Prophet, detail to us his fentiments
fully at the time of our departure, which, pleafe GOD, would
loon take place. May it pleafe your Majefty, his Highnefs is
im espeasdon of an anfwer from you to thefe points, and
we flail reprefeat to his Highnefs whatever reply your Ma-
lay may dire& us to make. Pleafe Goo we than hereafter
have occafion to addrefs your Majdty, notifying our faced:Hon;
the affairs you know of.
" May the Sun of Profpaity, &c. &c."
No. 14, from the fame, contains further af-
furances of the attachment of Omdut ul Omrah,
expreffed at a fubfequentinterview, when he com-
municated certain particulars, which he enjoined
the Ambafadors by oath not to commit to writ-
ing, but to defer the communication of them till
their return to the Sultan.
The next number is a long letter from the fame
parties to Tippoo, in which they give an account
of a folemn alt. of religious worfhip, at which
about woo perfoas attended, when one of the
learned perfons explained the Koftba in the Hill•
dolianoy language ; and Paid that GOD command.
ed Muffulmen to wage holy wars, and not to take
did ht in combating with infidels ; and to form an
union with all profefors of Iflamifm.
Number 17, is a note in the hand-writing of
10m.dut ul Omrah, addrered to one of Tippoo's
Minifters, in which he (peaks in terms of great af-
feition towards that Prince. It is dated .A.uguft
12, 1794.
Next is a letteiNddreffed:to Tippoo Sultagn,
from his two AmWafisaws, Wien) he fent to the
Nabob of the Carnatica ar(ti who give an account
pof the very favourable ret*ption they met with
from Omdut ul Omrah:This was in December,
t 79,. The letter begins in the following manner :
humbleß of the Servants of hist Majefty, the Sha-
dow of GOD Tippoo Sultaun, King, De-ender of the Faith,
nisi his tion;inion endure for ever. Mahomed Ghlnufs and
Mabomed Ghofe, after performing the ceremonies of obei-
fence, humbly reprekat to dads who fiend in the enlightened
Pretence."

Thefe two perfons were fent to condole with the 'I
Nabob on the death of his father ; and afterwards
congratulate him on his acceGion. The letter
concludes with the following account of what hap-
pcnecl at an interview of the Ambalfadors witl; the
Nabob
His Highnefs, with the greatelt degree or kindnefs, pissed
us dote to himfelf, and launched out into great praifes of your
Majefty, and appeared delighted with the fulled, telling us
that it was his intention to fend for us, and fay what be had
to fay in private ; adding, that ow arrival at this time was ex-
trandy pnaper. His Highnefs told us, that be had committed
the late Nabob Wallajah's Body tothe earth, at the Shrine of
the Saint named Mndadoom Sahib, at Mylapore, to be re-
moved in four months."
" May the Sun of Profpesity always continue to thine "
The nest letter (No. 19.) is from the fame per.
Mons to Tippoo, and contains fimilar alurances of
good-will, and profersons of friendthip on the part
of the Nabob.
No. 20, is a letter from Omdut al Omrah to
Gholaum Ally Khan, one of Tippoo's Minifters,
which is endorfed by one of Tippoo's Moonihees.
It is dated the Bth of January, 1797. It acknow•
ledges the receipt of a letter, the feveral points
contained in which the Nabob Cars be compre•
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