The French in India

This material is held atBritish Library Asia, Pacific and Africa Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 59 IOR/I/1
  • Former Reference
    • GB 59 Former volume no.109
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1664-1820
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 17 volumes

Scope and Content

This is an artificial collection, formed in the late 19th century of documents of varying provenance, Company and Board of Control, dealing with British relations with the French in India and the Indian Ocean. Some material on the Dutch and Danes is also included.

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Related Material

See also IOR/I/2/22-25 Claims of the Dutch, French and Danes, 1786

Bibliography

For a list of the India Office Records relating to the French in India see Les archives anciennes de l'India Office 1600-1800 (Paris: Société de l'Histoire des Colonies Françaises, 1917). See also W. Foster, A guide to the India Office Records 1600-1858 (London, 1919), p. 96.