The Mysore Wars of Haidar Ali & Tipu Sultan (1780s & 90s)

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The Mysore Wars of Haidar Ali & Tipu Sultan (1780s & 90s)

Haidar Ali And Tipu Sultan And The Struggle With The Musalman Powers Of The South By Lewin B. Bowring as a Rich Text or MS Word document
Armies of the Wars in India: by Paul D. Stevenson
Armies of the Wars in India: The British Army by Paul D. Stevenson
Armies of the Wars in India: Part IV The Mysoreans by Paul D. Stevenson
Bombay Grenadier, Sepoy 1800 by Jack Cassin-Scott
Sepoys of Madras, Bengal and Bombay, c.1816 after Fitzclarence
Soldier of Tipu Sultan of Mysore armed with a flintlock musket
Charles Gold's Oriental Drawings, 1806
. Including Mysore Regular Infantry,  Sepoys of the Madras Establishment,
. Officers and Private of the Gun Lascar Corps, Madras_Establishment,
. A Naigue of the Bombay Grenadier Battalion
. and infantry & cavalry in front of Tipoo's Palace.
Handcoloured engravings by Frederic Shoberl from his work 'The World in Miniature: Hindoostan'
Muhammad Ali Khan, Nawab of Arcot and the Carnatic, 1770, by Tilly Keitle
Drawing of Mangalore fort after it was taken by the British in 1783

Maps
Map of Mysore in 1704 from 'Historical Atlas of India', by Charles Joppen (London: Longmans, Green & Co. 1907).
Map of Mysore in 1751 from 'Historical Atlas of India', by Charles Joppen (London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1907).
Carnatic Wars map from 'Historical Atlas of India', by Charles Joppen (London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1907).
Map of Hyder Ali's dominions in 1780, by Charles Joppen (London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1907)
Map to illustrate the Mysore Wars 1784, by Charles Joppen from 'Historical Atlas of India,' by Charles Joppen (London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1907).
Map of India in 1795 from 'Historical Atlas of India,' by Charles Joppen (London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1907).
Map of India 1805 by Charles Joppen from 'A Historical Atlas of India for the use of High-Schools, Colleges, and Private Students', 1907
Map of 'The Southern Provinces of Hindoostan', 1794, by R. Wilkinson, London, from A General Atlas being A Collection of Maps of the World and Quarters, the Principal Empires, Kingdoms &c. with their several Provinces & others Subdivisions, Correctly Delineated.
Map from 'The Southern Provinces of Hindoostan', 1800, by Robert Wilkinson, London.
INDIA 1765 Map from 'The Imperial Gazetteer Atlas of India', 1908
'Madras (Southern section) with Mysore, Coorg, and Travancore' by J.G. Bartholomew from Imperial Gazetteer, 1907-1909, Volume 18, opposite page 250.
1700-1792 Map from 'The Historical Atlas' by William R. Shepherd, 1923

Portraits
Ink sketch of Haidar Ali in Durbar from Vincent Smith's, India in the British Period (part III of Oxford History of India), Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1920.
Photograph of ink drawing of Haidar Ali (died 1782) captioned, 'Haidar Ali in his younger years,' from C. Hayavadana Rao's History of Mysore, Government Printing Press, Bangalore, India, 1943.
Portrait of Tipu Sultan by an anonymous Indian artist in Mysore, ca. 1790-1800. From Kate Brittlebank's, Tipu Sultan's Search for Legitimacy, New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1997.
Ink sketch titled, 'Tipu Sultan, Another view'. From C. Hayavadana Rao's, History of Mysore, 1399 to 1799, volume III, Bangalore: Government Press, 1943.
Tipu Sultan, ruler of Mysore (1782-1799). Oil on canvas. Portrait produced in 1792.

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The Mysore Wars of Haidar Ali & Tipu Sultan (1780s & 90s)

Haidar Ali And Tipu Sultan And The Struggle With The Musalman Powers Of The South By Lewin B. Bowring as a Rich Text or MS Word document
Armies of the Wars in India: by Paul D. Stevenson
Armies of the Wars in India: The British Army by Paul D. Stevenson
Armies of the Wars in India: Part IV The Mysoreans by Paul D. Stevenson
Bombay Grenadier, Sepoy 1800 by Jack Cassin-Scott
Sepoys of Madras, Bengal and Bombay, c.1816 after Fitzclarence
Soldier of Tipu Sultan of Mysore armed with a flintlock musket
Handcoloured engravings by Frederic Shoberl from his work 'The World in Miniature: Hindoostan'

Maps
Map of Mysore in 1704 from 'Historical Atlas of India', by Charles Joppen (London: Longmans, Green & Co. 1907).
Map of Mysore in 1751 from 'Historical Atlas of India', by Charles Joppen (London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1907).
Carnatic Wars map from 'Historical Atlas of India', by Charles Joppen (London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1907).
Map of Hyder Ali's dominions in 1780, by Charles Joppen (London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1907)
Map to illustrate the Mysore Wars 1784, by Charles Joppen from 'Historical Atlas of India,' by Charles Joppen (London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1907).
Map of India in 1795 from 'Historical Atlas of India,' by Charles Joppen (London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1907).
Map of 'The Southern Provinces of Hindoostan', 1794, by R. Wilkinson, London, from A General Atlas being A Collection of Maps of the World and Quarters, the Principal Empires, Kingdoms &c. with their several Provinces & others Subdivisions, Correctly Delineated.
Map from 'The Southern Provinces of Hindoostan', 1800, by Robert Wilkinson, London.

Portraits
Ink sketch of Haidar Ali in Durbar from Vincent Smith's, India in the British Period (part III of Oxford History of India), Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1920.
Photograph of ink drawing of Haidar Ali (died 1782) captioned, 'Haidar Ali in his younger years,' from C. Hayavadana Rao's History of Mysore, Government Printing Press, Bangalore, India, 1943.
Portrait of Tipu Sultan by an anonymous Indian artist in Mysore, ca. 1790-1800. From Kate Brittlebank's, Tipu Sultan's Search for Legitimacy, New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1997.
Ink sketch titled, 'Tipu Sultan, Another view'. From C. Hayavadana Rao's, History of Mysore, 1399 to 1799, volume III, Bangalore: Government Press, 1943.
Tipu Sultan, ruler of Mysore (1782-1799). Oil on canvas. Portrait produced in 1792.

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sites of wargaming interest

[FierceKitty]

Mmm. Your most interesting yet (against tough competition).

[Druzhina]

Thanks,
This is one of my early interests.

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Sites of Wargaming Interest

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Brilliant.
Being from South Shropshire and having lived in the grounds of one of Clive of India's 'purchases' this period is fascinating, especially after the Anglo-centric view I was brought up with!

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Pictures of India from 'Oriental Memoirs' by James Forbes, 1813

. An Indian Hackeree, drawn by Guzerat Oxen, with the Costume of different Casts in Hindostan from a drawing by Baron de Montalembert, 1807
. A Mahomedan of Distinction with a Dervise on his Pilgrimage
. Parsees at Bombay
. The Conclusion of the Cheeta Hunt at Cambay, from an original drawing by Lady Malet
. Hill Fort on the Island of Caranjah
. Ragonath Row Ballajee; Pundit Purdhan, Peshwa of the Mahratta Empire
. The Mahratta Peshwa, and his ministers at Poonah. Drawn from an original sketch belonging to Sir Charles Malet Bart.
. Mohman Khaun, Nabob of Cambay
. A Foot Soldier in the usual Costume of the Native Indians
. A Mahratta Horseman, Sketched in the Camp
. Peasants at a well in Hindostan. Sketched by Baron de Montalembert, 1807
. Hindoo Devotees, of the Gosanee & Jetty Tribes
. A Jungam and a Byragee, Hindoo Devotees
. A Coolie Chieftain
. A Gracia Chieftain or Rajah, with his Suarree or usual attendants, from a drawing by Baron de Montalembert, 1783
. View of Onore Fort after the Seige in 1783

MIRROR SITE:
'Oriental Memoirs' by James Forbes, 1813
. An Indian Hackeree, drawn by Guzerat Oxen, with the Costume of different Casts in Hindostan from a drawing by Baron de Montalembert, 1807
. A Mahomedan of Distinction with a Dervise on his Pilgrimage
. Parsees at Bombay
. The Conclusion of the Cheeta Hunt at Cambay, from an original drawing by Lady Malet
. Hill Fort on the Island of Caranjah
. Ragonath Row Ballajee; Pundit Purdhan, Peshwa of the Mahratta Empire
. The Mahratta Peshwa, and his ministers at Poonah. Drawn from an original sketch belonging to Sir Charles Malet Bart.
. Mohman Khaun, Nabob of Cambay
. A Foot Soldier in the usual Costume of the Native Indians
. A Mahratta Horseman, Sketched in the Camp
. Peasants at a well in Hindostan. Sketched by Baron de Montalembert, 1807
. Hindoo Devotees, of the Gosanee & Jetty Tribes
. A Jungam and a Byragee, Hindoo Devotees
. A Coolie Chieftain
. A Gracia Chieftain or Rajah, with his Suarree or usual attendants, from a drawing by Baron de Montalembert, 1783
. View of Onore Fort after the Seige in 1783

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Illustrations of Soldiers