Notebook of Tipu Sultan

Title	Notebook of Tipu Sultan
Accession Number	C210
Museum Name	Victoria Memorial Hall, Kolkata
Gallery Name	NA
Object Type	Manuscript
Main Material	Paper
Medium	Bound
Author	Written at the command of Tipu Sultan
Scribe	Unknown
Subject	A Treatise mainly on the Art of Artillery
Language	Persian
Script	[]
Inscription	Colophon: Nil
Number of folios	163
Number of Illustrations	3 seals 10 illustrations-hasty miniature sketches on the practice of muskets.
Brief Description	The treatise is divided into eight chapters dealing with - 1. Tenets of Islam 2. New terms fixed for calculation and measure of words for omen taking 3. Detailed account for the methods and devices for fighting with muskets 4. Ordinances in the names of Mutasaddis and Sarbakhshis 5. General principles regarding forms of services 6. Rules relating to Shihabdaran 7. Rules regarding horsemen 8. Rules relating to piyadahs of the Taluka forces.