The history of Hydur Naik, otherwise styled Shums ul Moolk, Ameer ud Dowla, nawaub Hydur Ali khan bahadoor, Hydur Jung; nawaub of the Karnatic Balaghaut: written by Meer Hussein Ali Khan, Kirmani. Translated from an original Persian manuscript, in the library of Her Most Gracious Majesty, by Colonel W. Miles.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mir Hussain Ali Khan Kirmani, active 1781-1802.

Contributor:

Miles, William, 1780-1860, tr.

William Nicol, Printer.

British Imprints Collection (Athenaeum of Philadelphia)

Standardized Title:

Nishān-i Ḥaidarī. Part 1. English. 1842

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Haidar Ali, Nawab of Mysore, approximately 1722-1782.

Haidar Ali.

Genre:

Translations.

Endpapers (Binding)

Boards (Binding)

Leather bindings (Binding)

Gilt edges (Binding)

Physical Description:

xxxi, 513, [1] p. 26 cm.

Manufacture:

Pall Mall, London William Nicol 1842.

Other Title:

Nishān-i Ḥaidarī

Place of Publication:

London, Printed for the Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland, 1842.

Notes:

The translation of the first part of Ḥusain 'Alī's Nishān-i Ḥaidarī. The translation of the second part was published (1844) under title: The history of the reign of Tipú Sultán.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Bound in green marbled boards with leather binding on corners and spine. Gilt spine. Marbled end papers. Gilt edges.

Athenaeum copy: marbled lining-papers

Athenaeum copy: Gift of Mrs. George Keiser in memory of George Camp Keiser.

OCLC:

3334206