A History of the Mahrattas v2.c48.39

v2.c48.39

¹ [On February 3, 1799, Lord Mornington wrote to Colonel Palmer, Resident at Poona, desiring him ‘to apprise the Pēshwā and Nānā Fadnavīs ; that the obstinate silence of the Sultān (Tipū) compels me to treat him as an enemy ; and that, considering the Honourable Company to be in a state of war with him from this day, I shall accordingly direct our armies to enter his territories without further delay.’ Lord Mornington in the same letter expressed a hope that the Pēshwā had dismissed Tipū’s Vakīls and had ‘actually ordered the march of the Marāthā contingent into Bednore.’ (Forrest, Selections (Marāthā Series), i. 620–3.)]