when before Chinnabalaporam, but were repulsed: he now engaged and defeated them; a number of them were killed, and some of the principal officers taken prisoners. Morari Rao returned to Gooty, his capital; Hyder then turned his arms to Morari Rao's country, and conquered to the amount of three lacks of pagodas yearly. He afterwards marched against the Chitraculldurgum Polygar, belonging to Sirpy, and obliged him to pay three lacks of rupees, and assist him with 1500 horse, and 1000 foot. The Rajah of Biddenore had adopted Chinnavasuppah as his son, and appointed him to succeed to the government, in of which, consequence this boy, but nine years old at the Rajah's death, was put in possession, and his name made use of in all matters relating to the state, but his friends thought it necessary to remove him out of the queen's power, who had formed a design against his life, in favour of her brother. They put him under the protection of the Chitraculldurgum Polygar, where he had remained in safety nine years when Hyder appeared before the place, when a plan was then formed for restoring this young man to the possession of the Biddenore country; and Hyder, for his assistance therein, was to have 40 lacks of rupees, and he swore to the faithful performance of his part of the agreement. The armies marched for Biddenore, and the country all came in with great joy to receive their young Rajah; the forts surrendered and acknowledged him, all but Biddenore, which held out a month; it is inaccessible but by some bye roads, and situated in a wood, eight cosses round, encompassed by 1ocks, and impossible to be reduced but by treachery or famine; but the people, attached to their young king, delivered it up. Mira, the queen, and her brother, were shut up; but finding the populace averse to them, they escaped to Derryabattungur, twelve coss distant, a very strong fort, on a rock, surrounded with water, having the sea on one side, and a river on the other. Hyder, after securing Biddenore, followed them, and took possession of the country as he went along, which the people willingly gave up. He sent messengers to the garrison of Derryabattungur, telling them their master was there, and requiring them to surrender to him. They immediately gave up the place, and delivered the queen and her brother into his hands. Hyder had taken care to garrison Biddenore, and all the strong holds in the country, with Mysore troops, and had bestowed on the young king all the marks of royalty, who rode in great state on his elephant, and was treated with great attention; but this being now no longer necessary to his views, Hyder sent some of his people for a woman to whom the Rajah was greatly attached, which being communicated to him, he dimissed them with great contempt. Pretending to take offence at the refusal, Hyder ordered the Rajah to be made prisoner, and sent him, the old queen, and her brother, prisoners to Mudgerry, a strong rock, 16 coss from Bangalore. He became so generally hated after this infamous action, that a number of conspiracies were formed against him, for which he put upwards of 1000 persons to death. He afterwards conquered the Soonda country, near Goa, worth ten lacks of pagodas yearly. The Rajah fled from it, and with many of the 3B2 princi principal people in the Biddenore country, applied for succour to Mahadrao, the chief of the Mahrattas, who marched 60,000 horse and 15,000 foot, in the year 1763, against Hyder, in Biddenore, worsted him in three different actions, and obliged him to take shelter in the woods, and entrench himself there. Mahadarao continued his ravages for a year, when seeing no appearance of being able to restore the young Rajah, he agreed to retire, and leave Hyder in quiet possession of his conquest, for 40 lacks of rupees to himself, and 20 to his ministers. Having settled himself securely in the Biddenore country, Hyder left Tippoo Saheb his son to be Duan, at the place, and Salla Mecan at a fort near it. He sent Meer Saheb (whose sister he had married) to Sirpy, Meer Phazulla Khawn was left in command of Mysore, Mukton Saheb he sent to Seringapatam, his uncle, Abram Saheb, continued in Bangalore, and Ameean Saheb, his cousin, in charge of the valley. He himself, with an army, marched to the Malabar coast, where he entered into a friendly treaty with Ally Rajah, and with his children, attacked and took Callicut, which surrended upon conditions, after a siege of three months. About this time, Meer Saheb took the Polygar Chinna prisoner, gave him terms, and swore he would give him his liberty; but which afterwards was paid no regard to, nor would it have been proper to trust him. He had been obliged to capitulate, being starved to it on the Nundeguddy rock. He was sent to Bangalore, where he died of a broken heart. Hyder, to secure himself against Chinnapah's son, had him circumcised, obliged him to change his cast, eat beef, and become s Mussulman. The Zamorins, or Kings of Callicut, were ascertained to entertain 1200 Bramins in their household, and until they had first been served with victuals, he never began to eat himself: it was an etiquette also, that he never spoke to, or suffered a Mahomedan to come into his presence. Hyder, after taking the place, sent his compliments, and desired to see the Zamorin, but was refused; but the Zamorin admitted Hyder's head Bramin to speak to him, and carry his answer back to his master, who was to be at some distance from them. After this interview was over, Hyder sent them rice for only 500 men the first day; this they dispensed with; the second day he sent enough for 300, and the third day, for only 100; after which, all further supplies were refused, nor any notice taken of the Zamorin's com plaints and applications. fasting three days, and finding all remonstrances vain, he set fire to his own palace, and was burned, with some of his women and three Bramins, the rest having left him. Hyder, after the Zamorin's death, garrisoned the place with 2000 foot and 500 horse, and marched with the remainder of his army to Coimbetore, 40 coss on his route to his own country. About two months after Hyder left Callicut, the late Zamorin's brother appeared before the place with 20,000 men, got possession of it, and put every soul to death but about 300, who fled to a church for safety. As soon as the news reached Hyder, he detached Assut Khawn with an army of 5000 foot and 1000 horse to retake the place, who, after beating his enemy twice, forced them to abandon abandon the country, and got the town into his hands; but after three months they returned, retook the place, cut off Assut Khawn's head, and killed numbers of his people. body of horse, and in February the English and the Nizam followed him. Morari Rao, of Gootty, now recovered his own country; the Mahrattas also posesssed themselves of Sirpy, Ooscottoh, Chinnabalapore, and their dependencies. In Mysore they took Chinadurgum, Dariadurgum, and Mudgerry, from which last place they carried off the Biddenore queen, her brother, and the young king, and afterwards appeared near Bangalore. Hyder, who was then in Seringapatam, and unable to oppose them, agreed with Maharadrao, by his vakeels, on payment of 25 lacks of rupees, to return home with the young Rajah, the Queen, &c. [Here the manuscript breaks off abruptly.] Hyder, about November, 1776, marched himself with 6000 foot and 2000 horse towards Callicut, but after being on the road two days, gave the command to Sevajee Rao, a Mahratta. The Zamorin's brother tried his fortune in the field again, but was defeated. He then left the country, and the inhabitants of Callicut evacuated the place, which Sevajee immediately took possession of. In January, 1767, Mahadarao marched against Hyder with a large History of the ANAGOONDY RAJAHS, taken from the verbal Account of TIMMAPAH, the present Representative of that Family, at Camlapore, 10th January, 1801. Communicated by Major MACKENZIE. [Never before Printed.] WHETHER the legendary story that Anagoondy was formerly the capital residence of Vallee and Soogrevoo, as delivered by tradition, is involved in obscurity; but it is said to have been anciently denominated Gazaconam, or a place of elephants, whence its name of Anagoondy is derived. Veedaranaroo, having founded Veejanagur through the favour of Heaven, for his intense devotion, established the Coorma tribe in the government of the new city before his death. The successive line of Coorma Rajahs gradually increased their forces and their riches, until they had conquered and extended their sway as far as Satoova; and becoming insolent and proud of their prosperity and power, affected to contemn the Naraputty, Gajaputty, and Aswaputty princes, and affected to set themselves above them; assuming the titles of Moorroiaragonda, or lords or husbands of these three dynasties, Booka Rayaloo, a descendant of the Naraputty race was king of Cannoul and Arreeveedo; irritated at the insolence of the Coolmawars, he determined to check their pride, and to make them sensible of their inferiority, since they had the vanity to contest superiority with them, whose ancestors had been hitherto sovereign disposers, disposers, even of their lives. He sent a large army, well provided, under his relation, Narsimma Rayaloo, to conquer the Coorma Rajahs, and to take possession of their country. Narsimma Rayaloo, having with his forces besieged and taken Veejanagur, captured the king and his evil counsellors, and by consent of Booka Rayaloo, himself assumed the powers of this government, and extended his conquests in the course of his reign as far as Satoova. Two of his descendants, Cristna Rayaloo, and Achuta Rayaloo, in the course of their reigns conquered the Gajaputty, and other Rajahs, and they received tributes from the principal chiefs and rulers of all the countries between the Nurbuda and Satoo; thus acquiring in their time, the honourable name and reputation of sovereign lords of that extensive domain. Cristna Rayaloo, having no sons to keep up the succession, appointed his son-in-law, Rama Rayaloo, a descendant of Booka Rayaloo, of the Naraputty race, to succeed to the royal throne. Ra ma Rayaloo appointed his four brothers to considerable command in the following places:-Conomaraja, at Chendrageery, as governor of the districts attached to that .capital. Venkatadree Rayaroo, with sovereign power at Canaoul; Timmaraja had his residence at Panoogonda: and Tirmal Rayaloo remained at Veejanagur, to assist his brother in the duties of the state. Timmaraja, who resided at Panoogonda, had no children by his own cast wife; by his two concubines he had sons, to the sons of the first, a Hindû woman he gave Mysore; and Royadroog to his children, by a de cing giri; hence the succes い sion of the Rajalis of Royadroog and Mysore, to this time, is descended of this line. knowledged in the government, he Deccan, he reduced Anacoondy, he grunted granted the five mahalls, and the town of Anagoondy, as a jagheer to the Rajah. The present Raja Timmapa, managed the country of his ancestors, from the 7th Soodom of Maga, month of the Yoova cycle year, to the year Parabava. In his time Hyder rose to power, and conquered many countries; but observed the most respectful attention to the Rajah, and the consideration due to a great king; he relieved him from the payment of tribute for his country to the neighbouring chiefs, which he had formerly been obliged to pay, viz. :-12,000 rupees to the Mahrattas; 12,000 to Bazalut Jung; 2000 to the Murgee people, and 4000 to Gooty Moorari Rao: and stipulated, that he should pay him altogether 10,000 pagodas annually, and furnish the number of 150 horse and 5000 peons, when he took the field. Hyder, after this agreement, shewed him much favour, and protected him by all means till his death; which happened below the Ghaats. On the death of Hyder, when his son Tippoo succeeded, the Rajah returned to his country from Seringapatam in much displeasure, for not treating him with that respect that his father observed. In consequence, differences arising, Tippoo irritated with him, sent his troops against him and plundered Compaly, in the time of his campaign to Adony. On Tippoo's going towards Sanoor, the Rajah Timmapa, with his people, cut off the party that the sultan had left at Duroojee. Soon after, the sultan coming to Cappull from Sanoor, a detachment of his army came against the fort of Anagoondy, on the 13th of Bahoolom of Maga, month of Parabava year. Timmapa opposed and beat them off; but on the 3d day, hearing that a reinforcement was coming to their support; he was obliged, to save his life, to abandon the place, and immediately retired with his family into the Soorapoor country. In the Souma year he returned with his followers, and reduced the country, driving out Tippoo's people, and managed for a year; but retired again on the 4th Bahoolom of Paridavee year, having notice of the sultan's forces coming against him. From that period he was obliged to wander about the frontiers, until the year Pungala, when he returned with a body of troops to his own country, in the month of Palgoonum, and in the action he plundered the baggage of Heera Naick and Vistapa, and then went off again; he again returned in the month of Magom, of the year Calaysooklee and reduced all his countries of Gungavatee, Wud, Bandravee, Ammaganore, Seeragara, Hoospetta, Hossore, Daroojee, Compaly and Anagoondy; placed his followers in these stations, and made Heera Naick prisoner in an action. He was thus in possession of his own domains, when the Sultan was slain, when, by order of the Honourable Company, the Rajah delivered them over to the managers of the Mysore Rajah, and proceeded himself to the army, to secure the protection of the English chiefs. While he was in expectation of recovering his country by their favour, the Anagoondy country was ceded to the Moguls; then he went with the documents he had obtained from the English chiefs to the Nizam's officers, from whom he obtained a monthly allowance of 1500 rupees, with some lands; this was paid up to the month of Auswecjom of the Roudree year; when the Moguls ceded a considerable part of the SB4 Rajah's |