A History of the Mahrattas v2.c58.40

v2.c58.40

² [Captain John Briggs (afterwards General Briggs) succeeded the author as Resident at Sātāra in 1823, and held the office until December 1826, during which period he interested himself in literary pursuits and in opening up, with the help of the Rājā of Sātāra, the hill-station of Mahābaleshvar. He is best known as the translator of Ferishta’s