Ceded Districts administrator
Thomas Munro
Munro was the first principal collector of the Ceded Districts after the cession of 1800. In correspondence reproduced by Bradshaw, he describes Cummer ul Din Khan’s ancestors as hereditary killadars of Gurramkonda and notes the family’s kinship with Tipu’s. The letter is an administrative assessment, not a complete family register.
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Sources & Further Reading (2)
- Imperial Gazetteer of India: Bellary District
Imperial Gazetteer editors · Government of India · 1908 · Volume VII, Bellary District, historical administration.
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How this source is used: Records Munro, the 1800 cession and division into Bellary and Cuddapah in 1808.
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John Bradshaw; reproducing a letter by Thomas Munro · Clarendon Press, Oxford; University of Toronto scan reproduced by Electric Scotland · 1906, second impression · Printed pp. 135–137, especially p. 136 (PDF pages 141–143); Munro’s reply to Bentinck’s letter of 2 August 1806.
PRIMARY CORRESPONDENCE IN SECONDARY WORK · Evidence tier A
How this source is used: Title page and the complete relevant page images inspected. Munro describes Cummer ul Din Khan’s ancestors as hereditary killadars of Gurramkonda under the Mughal Empire before their connection with Haidar Ali, and notes kinship with Tipu’s family. This is a colonial official’s assessment in correspondence following the Vellore outbreak, not a family register. It neither names each earlier ancestor nor establishes Fakhr-un-Nissa’s birthplace, residence or her father’s office at Gurramkonda.
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- From fortress to the Ceded Districts · documented