Historical Sketches of the South of India
In an Attempt to Trace the History of Mysoor, from the Origin of the Hindoo Government of that State, to the Extinction of the Mohammedan Dynasty in 1799

A three-volume history of Mysore from early times to its fall to the British in 1799, first published 1810–17.

Mark Wilks (Author)

9781108056113, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 28 March 2013

608 pages
29.7 x 21 x 3.1 cm, 1.43 kg

Classically educated, Mark Wilks (c.1760–1831) joined the Madras army of the East India Company and would go on to serve as political resident at the court of Mysore from 1803 to 1808. He also later served as governor of Saint Helena from 1813 to 1816, during which time he witnessed the arrival of Napoleon Bonaparte. Elected to the Manx parliament in 1816, Wilks became its speaker in 1826 and was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in the same year. Drawing on state records and his own experiences, he first published this acclaimed three-volume history of the kingdom of Mysore between 1810 and 1817. Volume 2 details the first (1767–9) and second (1779–84) Anglo-Mysore wars, concluding with the death of Hyder Ali (c.1720–82) and the accession of Tipu Sultan (1750–99).

Preface
13. Consequences of the diplomatic error in the treaty of Paris
14. Hyder and Nizam Ali descend the ghauts
15. Mutual crimination and reconciliation of the allies
16. Character of General Smith
17. Hyder's general, Fuzzul Oolla Khan, descends from Seringapatam to Coimbetoor
18. Hyder makes a tour for the purpose of levying contributions
19. Death of Madoo Row
20. Union of Nizam Ali against Ragoba and Hyder
21. Retrospect of Hyder's relations with the English
22. Erroneous impressions of Hyder's general devastation
23. Wretched state of military equipment
24. Affairs of Malabar
25. Affairs of Malabar (cont.)
26. Want of harmony between the government of Madras and general Stuart
27. Resumption of the affairs of the western coast
28. Retrospect to the affairs of Malabar
29. Preliminary events which had led to the appointment of these plenipotentiaries
30. Tippoo's account of his long detention at Mangalore
31. Negotiation of the Poona Mahrattas, for the eventual conquest of Mysoor.

Subject Areas: Asian history [HBJF]