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The Barkur Manuscript[1]Â
In a certain year, on the 30th of Mai (a Tulu month corresponding to February-March) 1784, in one and the same night all the Christians...
Alan Machado
Jan 298 min read
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Analysing the Barkur Manuscript[1]
Subtle details suggest that the author was a captive who served in the lashkar-i-ahmadi , and escaped circa 1789 during Tipu’s Malabar...
Alan Machado
Jan 284 min read
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Estimates of Captive Numbers[1]
Barkur Manuscript 80,000              Moore 1905: 41 Ravenshaw              80,000              Silva 1958: 223 Pe Jose Mendes       ...
Alan Machado
Jan 273 min read
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Escaping the Captivity[1]
Tipu’s operation was so sudden, swift, and comprehensive that the captives were caught totally off guard. Desperation, ingenuity, and...
Alan Machado
Jan 272 min read
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Bill of Sale
Ravenshaw, the Collector of South Kanara, appended a number of orders passed by Tipu’s amildars  auctioning properties confiscated from...
Alan Machado
Jan 263 min read
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Tipu’s Reason for Deporting the Kanara Christians
The most obvious person who could provide an answer as to why the Captivity was ordered would be the one who ordered it: Tipu Sultan....
Alan Machado
Jan 253 min read
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Pe Joachim Miranda’s Summary Report for the Year 1783[1]
In December 1783, General Mathews, landing at Mirjan, captured Kanara’s coast from Karwar to Kundapur, Nagar above the ghat, and finally...
Alan Machado
Jan 245 min read
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Pe Juse Mingel Mendez’s petition to Buchanan, January 18, 1801[1]
That it is about 150 years since the Roman Catholic religion is established in this province. Your petitioner’s forefathers were formerly...
Alan Machado
Jan 222 min read
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Extracts of Ravenshaw’s Report to the Board, July 19, 1801[1]
The first two paragraphs concern Pe Mendez’s memorial to Buchanan in which he had forged the signatures of the petitioners. The next...
Alan Machado
Jan 215 min read
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1818 Church parish census[1]
Men Boys Women Girls Total MANGALORE/ BANTWAL Rosario, Mangalore 650 424 807 361 2242 Milagres, Mangalore 500 267 444 257 1468 Omzur 344...
Alan Machado
Jan 201 min read
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Salt
In Kanara The study of the manufacture and trade in salt in Kanara was one of the tasks assigned to Buchanan. One could very well wonder...
alan machado
Jan 177 min read
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The Siege of Mangalore- May 1783-January 1784
Mangalore Fort surrendered to British forces commanded by Brigadier-General Richard Mathews on March 9, 1783. Its qilledar , Rustum Beg,...
Alan Machado
Dec 31, 20241 min read
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Timeline[1]
March 9, 1783: Mangalore fort surrenders to Brig. General Mathews.  May 5: A detachment under Hussain Ali Khan sent from Bednur to...
Alan Machado
Dec 30, 20246 min read
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![Campbell’s Summary of Events Leading to the Armistice; letter to Bombay dated October 4, 1783[1]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ecabf6_7e4c710c49354382b4c611e20250a552~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_871,h_490,fp_0.50_0.50,lg_1,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/ecabf6_7e4c710c49354382b4c611e20250a552~mv2.jpg)
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Campbell’s Summary of Events Leading to the Armistice; letter to Bombay dated October 4, 1783[1]
In his letter of May 18, Campbell had informed the Council that Tipu’s army had camped on a hill about three miles distant from the fort,...
Alan Machado
Dec 29, 20243 min read
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The Armistice
In consequence of the 16th article of the Treaty of Peace of January 20, 1783 between England and France, Tipu as an ally of France...
Alan Machado
Dec 28, 20242 min read
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A Meeting between Tipu and Macleod: Minute from Macleod and Campbell to Bombay[1]
Brigadier-General Macleod had been accommodated in two houses in Mangalore. On August 20 and 21, he and Lieutenant-Colonel Campbell met...
Alan Machado
Dec 27, 20244 min read
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The Treaty of Mangalore between Tipu Sultan and the East India Company, March 11, 1784
Bombay Castle, 6th April 1784. TREATY OF PEACE WITH THE NABOB TIPPOO SULTAN BAHADUR. Treaty of perpetual peace and friendship between the...
Alan Machado
Dec 26, 20246 min read
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Correspondence leading to the Treaty of Peace
November 24, 1783: Warren Hastings, Governor General, to Governor, Bombay He assured Bombay that there was no intention of superseding...
Alan Machado
Dec 25, 20246 min read
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The Treaty of Peace: Negotiations and Analysis
The peace commissioners, Sadlier, Staunton, and Huddleston, reached Mangalore on February 4 with a large contingent of soldiers and...
Alan Machado
Dec 24, 20242 min read
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Further correspondence between Macleod, Bombay, and Tipu[1]
Macleod did not go to Srirangapatna. By October the situation had changed and reached alarming proportions. October 22, 1783: Macleod to...
Alan Machado
Dec 23, 20243 min read
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