Series RR/2 - Tipu Sultan's Rules for his Revenue Officers

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GB 891 RR-RR/2

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Tipu Sultan's Rules for his Revenue Officers

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  • [1830] - 1834 (Creation)

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3 items 57 pages handwritten

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'Translation of a Hukamnamah or a Code of Rules enacted by the late Tippoo Sultan, the Sovereign of Mysore for the conduct of his Amilders' - a handwritten translation by Ram Raz concerning Tipu Sultan's rules for his revenue officers. This is 44 pages. With the translation is a 'Note to the 13th Rule' which is 12 pages. There is also a label identifying the document as 'Catalogue of English MSS No.27 IV, Tippoo Sultan's for his Revenue Officers Communicated by R. Clarke, Esq.'

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    The Catalogue of English Manuscripts is a bound book containing handwritten lists of papers sent to the Society. This paper is listed and described on p.84. The paper is also listed in the Register of Communications, 1823-1846, p.51 where is is recorded that the paper was received from Clarke on 26 May 1834.

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