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 INDEX X.YK Devi Cotah, fort and district. 1749, ob- ject of the expeditions of the English against the K. of Tanjore, 108. the first expedition under the command of Capt. Cope, unsuc- cessful, 109 to 112. advantages expected from its pert, manufactures, and soil, 112, 113. attacked and taken by Major Lawrence, 113 to 117. death of a Tanjorine of a high caste- there, 116, 117, ceded by the K. of Tanjore to the E.I. Company : its revenues, 118. a garrison left in it, 130, m, 181. 1751. July, becomes very commodious for the com- munication with Tritchinopoly, 182. Cap- tain Clarke marches from thence with a de- tachment, 182. 1752, May, Major Law- rence orders battering cannon from thence to Seringham, 232. which are sent and arrive 237. 1753, some of the sick of the army sent thither, 283. the Serjeant at Chillambrum retreats to Devi Cotah, 287. Morarirow afraid to join the Fr. in attacking it, 305. August, September, a large reinforcement sent by sea from Madrass to Devi Cotah, 307. PaUunco- tah relieved from hence by Lieut. Frazer, 326. o'.'7. 1754, March, Captain Pigou sent from Madrass with a reinforcement to Devi . 345. who wait there for more troops, 346. and for Maphuze Khan, 347. Lieut, i r ex returns, 358. a small detachment sent
 * ' -ist Chillambrum, routed, 358. Capt. Pi-

gou, with a stronger relieves Palamcotah, 359. and marches from Devi Cotah to Tritchino- poly, 361. 1754, December, left to tin- English by the truce, 375. De Volton, See Volton. D'Herbelot, See Herbelot. Diego Rajs, Island, belonging to the Fr. parti- culars concerning it in p, 92. 95, 96. Dindigi'l. 1736, Chundasaheb places his brother Saducksaheb there, 39. who is routed andkilled coming from thence to his assistance, 44. Lachenaigue's country lies in the road from Manapar to Dindigul, 381. DOASTALLY, Nab. of Aucot. 1732, succeeds his uncle Sadatulla, against the will of Nizamalrnuluck, 37. gives one of his daughters in marriage to Mortizally, and an- other to Chundasaheb, 38. whom he lets act as Duan, 38. 1736, sends his son Subder- ally and Chundasaheb against Tritehinopoly 38, 39. and continues Chundasaheb in the government there, 39. 1739, the Mo- rattoes incited to invade him by Nizamalmu- luck, 39, 40. 1740, May 20th, encounters them at Amboor, is betrayed, andkilled in the battle, 41, 42. m, 43. had withheld the tri- bute from Nizamalmuluck, 45. m, 127. Doltabad, fortress 8. m, from /furengabad, esteemed impregnable, 333. Dow, Alexander, has translated and publish* i the history of Feritsha, a valuable work, 30 Dragoons, a troop with Bossy in 1756, p, 429 save the Fr. Hussars, 432. DUAN. the officer next to the Nabob, manages the revenues, disbursements, and customs, takes possession for the emperor of the estates of the feudatories on their death, 28. the word is sometimes employed by us instead of the proper name of the individual hold- ing the office. The Duans mentioned in this Volume are — Of Arcot, Gulam Hassein, »«, 37. Chundasaheb, Vice Duan to G nlam Hassein, »«, 38. Meer Assud, m, 39. in, 42. Uncertain who, chosen by the friends of Subderally when they proclaimed his son Seid Mahomed, Nabob, 50. Or S A L A B A D J I N G, Seid Laskar Khan, m, 329, 330, 331, 332. 333, 334, 335. Shanavaze Khan, TO, 426, 427. DUPLEIX, Governor of POXDI- CHERRY. 1742, forms connexions with Chundasaheb, 43 and 45. 1745. prevails on Anwarodeau to prohibit Com. Barnet from attacking the French on the C. of Coroman- del, 61. 1746. m, 63. has no authority over Mauritius and Bourbon, 64. jealous of Delabourdonnais, 64. >», 65. forbid by An- warodean from attacking Madrass, whom he appeases by promising to give him the town, 68, 69. October, disavows the treaty of ran- som for Madrass, and thwarts all Delabour- donnais operations, 69. insists that he pro- tract the term of restoring Madrass, 71. sends one of the council of Pondicherry to govern it, 71. his friends in France procured the im- prisonment of Delabourdonnais in the Bastile, 72. unwilling to employ hostilities against. Maphuze Khan at Madrass, 73. his reception of the Eng. Governor, 78. recalls Paradi* from Madrass to command against Fort St. David, 79. December the 11th) sends his troops" against l^t. David under the command of Bury, who retire in confusion, 81 to 83. December, 30th, attempts another expedition to surprize Cuddalore, by sending the troops in boats, who are beat back by the surf, 83. 1747. January, carries the war into the Nabob'.- country near Madrass, in order to make him withdraw his troops from the Eng. at Fort St. David, 84. informs the Nabob of the arrival of the Fr. ships, and represents the Eng. at Fort St. David as abandoned by their coun- trymen, 84. the Nabob orders Maphuzi- Khan t., treat with him, and sends back from Arcot his nephew Kirjeau and another deputy, who had been made prisoners at Ma- drass, 84. February, sends away the Fr. ships to avoid the rctiu-n of the Eng. squadron, 85. receives Maphuze Khan at Pondicherry, makes a treaty of peace with him, on which the Nabob recalls hi» troops from Fort St.