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094013
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2010.
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The death at the hands of British troops of Tipu Sultan Fath 'Ali Khan (r. 1782-1799), the Muslim ruler of the predominantly-Hindu south Indian kingdom of Mysore, led to the discovery of an intriguing manuscript. Amongst the large amount of 'prize' or loot removed by the victors from Tipu's palace at Srirangapattana was a small 'diary', primarily containing a record of thirty-seven of the late ruler's dreams.1 Covering the period April 1786 to January 1799, and written in Persian in his own hand, this manuscript is probably the most personal document associated with Tipu Sultan that remains extant. William Kirkpatrick, the British officer who found the register and who was a Persian linguist, described how it had been located 'in an escritoire among several papers of a secret nature', noting in a letter to the governor-general, Lord Mornington, that the Mysore ruler had 'always [manifested] peculiar anxiety to conceal it from the view of those who happened to approach him while he was either reading or writing in it'.
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000829
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New Delhi, India Research Press, 1989.
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2v (x, 757p.: x, 769-1235p.): ill., maps hbk
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Pt. : I. 1745-1857
Pt. :II. 1858-1947
2vol. set price is Rs. 1800
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81901098020
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Copies: C:2/I:0,R:0,Q:0
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| Accession# | Call# | Current Location | Status | Policy | Location |
| 042247 | 954.03/MOO 042247 | Main | On Shelf | General | |
| 042248 | 954.03/MOO 042248 | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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038956
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Bombay, Popular Prakashan, 1970.
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cxxxvii, 285p.hbk
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Copies: C:1/I:0,R:0,Q:0
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| 004948 | 954.03/SUN 004948 | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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172225
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This article traces the fortunes of one of India’s great libraries, which Tipu Sultan of Mysore amassed largely through plunder and which the British East India Company plundered in turn. It shows how Tipu used the library to legitimise his authority and how rival factions of the Company, after defeating him in 1799, did the same. The article links the figuration of loot in the subcontinent, as studied by historians of material culture, to the conceptualisation of British India, as studied by historians of political thought. More broadly, it attests the symbolic power that plunder had—perhaps still has—to confer prestige.
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ID:
048922
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London, macmillan Press, 1998.
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viii, 237p.hbk
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0333689429
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| 039997 | 954.03/CHA 039997 | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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