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Mysore and the Telugu country (1762–1800)

Era: Mughals, Asaf Jahis & the British

Mysore and the Telugu country (1762–1800)To the Nizam, 1792To the Nizam, 1799Haidar to Bellary, 1775Haidar, 1779Tipu to Adoni, 1786AdoniAdoniKurnoolKurnoolBellaryBellaryGootyGootyTadpatriTadpatriGandikotaGandikotaCuddapahCuddapahSidhoutSidhoutPenukondaPenukondaMadakasiraMadakasiraLepakshiLepakshiGurramkondaGurramkondaPunganurPunganurSeringapatamBangaloreSiraChitaldurgRayadurgDuvvur, 1779CumbumN0100 km
  • Unified Andhra Pradesh (pre-2014)
  • Present-day state borders, for orientation
  • Approximate extent
  • Route

The Rayalaseema forts that Haidar Ali and Tipu Sultan held between 1762 and 1799: Penukonda and Madakasira, taken from Morari Rao in 1762; Gurramkonda; Bellary, seized in 1775 after Haidar's five-day march from Seringapatam; Gooty, taken in 1776; and Cuddapah and Sidhout, conquered in 1779. Shaded areas mark, roughly, the districts Tipu ceded to the Nizam in 1792 (the Cuddapah taluks, Gurramkonda and the Tadpatri country) and those the Nizam received after Tipu's death in 1799 (Gooty, Penukonda, Madakasira, Anantapur and Rayadurg); in 1800 the Nizam ceded both to the East India Company as the Ceded Districts. Routes and shaded areas are rough sketches.

Historical boundaries are approximate. Base map: Natural Earth (opens in a new tab) (public domain). Redrawn from: The peninsula of India, from the Kistnah River to Cape Comorin; exhibiting the partition of the territories of the late Tippoo Sultaun, according to the treaty of 1792 ... and that of 1799 (opens in a new tab), James Rennell (Royal Museums Greenwich K1047), 1800 (Public domain). Attributions

Sources

  1. Mark Wilks, Historical Sketches of the South of India, in an Attempt to Trace the History of Mysoor, Vol. I (opens in a new tab), Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme, London, 1810, pp. 441, 446. [Public domain]
  2. Mark Wilks, Historical Sketches of the South of India, in an Attempt to Trace the History of Mysoor, Vol. II (opens in a new tab), Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, London, 1817, pp. 165–171, 188, 191–198, 546–549. [Public domain]
  3. C. U. Aitchison (compiler), A Collection of Treaties, Engagements and Sanads relating to India and Neighbouring Countries, Vol. IX: Hyderabad, Mysore and Coorg (4th ed.) (opens in a new tab), Superintendent, Government Printing, India, Calcutta, 1909, pp. 63, 69, 76, 214–215. [Public domain]
  4. W. Francis, Madras District Gazetteers: Anantapur (opens in a new tab), Government of Madras (Addison & Co.), 1905, pp. 22–23, 172, 183. [Public domain]
  5. W. Francis, Madras District Gazetteers: Bellary (opens in a new tab), Government Press, Madras, 1904, pp. 45–46, 218. [Public domain]
  6. J. D. B. Gribble, A Manual of the District of Cuddapah in the Presidency of Madras (opens in a new tab), Government Press, Madras, 1875, pp. 102. [Public domain]
  7. J. R. Henderson, The Coins of Haidar Ali and Tipu Sultan (Bulletin of the Madras Government Museum, New Series, General Section, Vol. I, Part 2) (opens in a new tab), Superintendent, Government Press, Madras, 1921, frontispiece map. [Public domain]