A descriptive catalogue of the oriental library of the late Tippoo Sultan of Mysore
Subtitle: to which are prefixed memoirs of Hyder Aly Khan and his son Tippoo Sultan
By: by Charles Stewart.
Publisher: Sold by Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme
Published: 1809
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 364
Subjects: Tipu Sultan, Fath ʻAli, Nawab of Mysore, 1753-1799 -- Library -- Catalogs; Tipu Sultan, Fath ʻAli, Nawab of Mysore, 1753-1799; Haidar Ali, Nawab of Mysore, ca. 1722-1782; Rare books -- India -- Bibliography -- Catalogs; Private libraries -- India -- Catalogs; Manuscripts, Indic -- Catalogs; Karnataka (India) -- History -- Sources -- Manuscripts -- Catalogs; Karnataka (India) -- Kings and rulers -- Biography
Genres: Bibliography; Catalogs.
Notes: Except for a few manuscripts given to the Asiatic Society and Oxford and Cambridge Universities, the library was given as spoils of war to the East India Company; the manuscripts were subsequently deposited in the company's college at Fort William, Bengal.
Includes index.