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The French in the Northern Circars (1750–1759)

Era: Mughals, Asaf Jahis & the British

The French in the Northern Circars (1750–1759)GodavariKrishnaMasulipatam 1750Kondavid 1751–52Four Circars 1753MasulipatamMasulipatamNizampatnamNizampatnamKondavidKondavidKondapalliKondapalliEluru (Ellore)Eluru (Ellore)RajahmundryRajahmundryYanamYanamChandurti (Condore)Chandurti (Condore)VizagapatamVizagapatamVizianagaramVizianagaramBobbiliBobbiliChicacoleChicacoleNarasapurGollaprolu (French camp)N0100 km
  • Unified Andhra Pradesh (pre-2014)
  • Present-day state borders, for orientation
  • Approximate extent

The grants by which the Nizams Muzaffar Jang and Salabat Jang gave the French East India Company the Telugu coast: Masulipatam and Divi (1750), the Kondavid country (1751–52) and the four Circars of Mustafanagar (Kondapalli), Ellore, Rajahmundry and Chicacole (1753), which Bussy governed from Rajahmundry. Marked are the French factories at Masulipatam, Yanam and Narasapur, Bobbili, stormed by Bussy in January 1757, Vizagapatam, which he took from the English that June, and Chandurti (Condore), where Forde defeated the French on 9 December 1758. The shaded areas are rough sketches of the provinces the sources name, not surveyed boundaries.

Historical boundaries are approximate. Base map: Natural Earth (opens in a new tab) (public domain).

Sources

  1. G. B. Malleson, History of the French in India, from the Founding of Pondichery in 1674 to the Capture of that Place in 1761 (opens in a new tab), Longmans, Green and Co., London, 1868, pp. 275, 370. [Public domain]
  2. Gordon Mackenzie, A Manual of the Kistna District in the Presidency of Madras (opens in a new tab), Government of Madras (Lawrence Asylum Press), 1883, pp. 45–47, 49. [Public domain]
  3. C. U. Aitchison (compiler), A Collection of Treaties, Engagements and Sanads relating to India and Neighbouring Countries, Vol. VIII: Madras Presidency, including Ceylon, Hyderabad, Mysore and Coorg, and the Central Provinces (opens in a new tab), Superintendent of Government Printing, India, Calcutta, 1892, pp. 263. [Public domain]
  4. F. R. Hemingway, Madras District Gazetteers: Godavari, Vol. I (opens in a new tab), Government Press, Madras, 1907, pp. 30, 32. [Public domain]
  5. Walter Kelly Firminger (ed.), The Fifth Report from the Select Committee of the House of Commons on the Affairs of the East India Company, Vol. III: British Acquisitions in the Presidency of Fort St. George, Madras Appendices, Wilkins' Glossary and Index (opens in a new tab), R. Cambray and Co., Calcutta, 1918, xxiv. [Public domain]
  6. Robert Orme, A History of the Military Transactions of the British Nation in Indostan, Vol. II (Madras reprint) (opens in a new tab), Pharoah and Co., Madras, 1861, pp. 253–262, 377. [Public domain]