Haidar Ali and Tipu Sultan, and the struggle with the musalman powers of the South
By: Lewin B. Bowring.
Publisher: Asian Educational Services
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New Delhi
Language: eng
Number of pages: 233
Subjects: Haidar Ali, Nawab of Mysore, ca. 1722-1782.; Tipu Sultan, Fath ʻAli, Nawab of Mysore, 1753-1799.; Karnataka (India) -- History.
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Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Reprint. Originally published: Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1899.

CONTENTS

HAIDAR ALI
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Chap. I.    Introductory. Haidar Ali’s ancestors.  The Mysore dynasty                                     11-16
II.    Haidar rises into notice.  Contest for supremacy in Southern India                           17-27
III.   The Peshwa invades Mysore                                                                                      28-30
IV.   Haidar assumes the control of affairs: Conquest of Bednur                                       31-39
V.    The Marathas invade Mysore a second time                                                              40-41
VI.   Conquest of Malabar                                                                                                  42-46
VII.  The Marathas again attack Mysore                                                                            47-48
VIII. The Nizam joins Haidar Ali, who attacks the English: War from 1767 to 1769       49-58
IX.    The Marathas invade Mysore a fourth time                                                               59-63
X.     Conquest of Coorg                                                                                                     64-66
XI.    Negotiations with Raghuba.  Death of Mysore Raja. Capture of Bellary and Gutti.
         Attitude of the Poona ministry                                                                                   67-71
XII.  Siege of Chitaldrug. Operations against the Marathas. Reduction of Chitaldrug      72-75
XIII. Annexation of Kadapa. Haidar’s Draconian rule. Royal Marriages                           76-79
XIV. Combination of the Marathas and the Nizam with Haidar against the English.
         Fruitless negotiations                                                                                                  80-86
XV.  Haidar declares War against the English.
         His invasion of Madras territory, and Military Operations up to his death                87-105
XVI. Haidar’s Character and Administration                                                                     106-113
 TIPU SULTAN
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Chap. I  Tipu’s accession to the throne                                                                              117-119
II.    Capture of Bednur by General Matthews.  Its recovery by Tipu                        120-123
III.   Siege of Mangalore: Tipu’s Cruelties                                                                  124-127
IV.   Colonel Fullarton’s Military Operations                                                             128-130
V.    Campaign against the Marathas                                                                          131-134
VI.   Tipu’s reforms in Malabar.  Embassies to Europe                                              135-138
VII.  Invasion of Travancore                                                                                       139-144
VIII. Lord Cornwallis declares War.  Want of success of General Medows.
         Siege of Bangalore.  Attack upon Seringapatam                                                145-158
IX.   Military Operations of the Marathas and the Nizam                                           159-161
X.    Capture of Nandidrug.  Disaster at Coimbatore.  Storming of Savandrug.
        First Siege of Seringapatam                                                                                162-173
XI.  Tipu’s secret machinations                                                                                   174-179
XII.  Lord Mornington assumes the office of Governor-General:
         his correspondence with Tipu                                                                              180-188
XIII.  Lord Mornington declares war against Tipu, Final Siege of Seringapatam.
          The Sultan’s death                                                                                               189-207
XIV.  Tipu’s Character and Administration. His Fanaticism and Cruelty                    208-227