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*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/REFERENCE/GAZETTEER/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V17_144.gif "Mandalay City"] ''Imperial Gazetteer of India'', v. 17, p. 138. | *[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/REFERENCE/GAZETTEER/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V17_144.gif "Mandalay City"] ''Imperial Gazetteer of India'', v. 17, p. 138. | ||
| + | *[http://seasiavisions.library.cornell.edu/bookreader/sea:281/#page/394/mode/2up "Mandalay"], page 365 ''Report and Gazetteer of Burma, Native and British, Volume I'' by Major Douglas MacNeill 1883. seasiavisions.library.cornell.edu. | ||
*[https://archive.org/details/MandalayIn1878-1879TheLettersOfJamesAlfredColbeck "Mandalay in 1878-1879: The Letters of James Alfred Colbeck"] reprinted in ''SOAS Bulletin of Burma Research'', Vol. 1, No. 2, Autumn 2003. Archive.org. James Alfred Colbeck was the mission priest for the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel , an Anglican missionary organisation. Originally from ''Letters from Mandalay, A Series of Letters For the Most Part Written From the Royal City of Mandalay During the Troublous Years of 1878-79; Together with Letters Written During the Last Burmese Campaign of 1885-88'' (1892) | *[https://archive.org/details/MandalayIn1878-1879TheLettersOfJamesAlfredColbeck "Mandalay in 1878-1879: The Letters of James Alfred Colbeck"] reprinted in ''SOAS Bulletin of Burma Research'', Vol. 1, No. 2, Autumn 2003. Archive.org. James Alfred Colbeck was the mission priest for the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel , an Anglican missionary organisation. Originally from ''Letters from Mandalay, A Series of Letters For the Most Part Written From the Royal City of Mandalay During the Troublous Years of 1878-79; Together with Letters Written During the Last Burmese Campaign of 1885-88'' (1892) | ||
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/MandalayIn1885-1888TheLettersOfJamesAlfredColbeck/2.111Colbeck2#page/n0/mode/2up "Mandalay in 1885-1888: The Letters of James Alfred Colbeck"] Reprinted in ''SOAS Bulletin of Burma Research'', Vol 2, No1, Spring 2004. Archive.org | *[http://www.archive.org/stream/MandalayIn1885-1888TheLettersOfJamesAlfredColbeck/2.111Colbeck2#page/n0/mode/2up "Mandalay in 1885-1888: The Letters of James Alfred Colbeck"] Reprinted in ''SOAS Bulletin of Burma Research'', Vol 2, No1, Spring 2004. Archive.org | ||
Revision as of 01:05, 12 October 2015
| Mandalay | |
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| Presidency: Bengal | |
| Coordinates: | 21.5830 °N, 96.50 °E |
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| Present Day Details | |
| Place Name: | Mandalay |
| State/Province: | Mandalay Division |
| Country: | Burma |
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Mandalay is a city in Burma on the Irrawaddy River. It was a British possession from 1885 until its independence in 1948. It was the location of a cantonment, also known as Fort Dufferin.
History
Mandalay was annexed by the British in 1885 at the end of the 3rd Burma War. The city fell after the Battle of Mandalay on the 28th November.
Railways
Churches
- Christ Church, Mandalay 1873. Church of England. [1]
External links
- Mandalay Wikipedia
Historical books online
- "Mandalay City" Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 17, p. 138.
- "Mandalay", page 365 Report and Gazetteer of Burma, Native and British, Volume I by Major Douglas MacNeill 1883. seasiavisions.library.cornell.edu.
- "Mandalay in 1878-1879: The Letters of James Alfred Colbeck" reprinted in SOAS Bulletin of Burma Research, Vol. 1, No. 2, Autumn 2003. Archive.org. James Alfred Colbeck was the mission priest for the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel , an Anglican missionary organisation. Originally from Letters from Mandalay, A Series of Letters For the Most Part Written From the Royal City of Mandalay During the Troublous Years of 1878-79; Together with Letters Written During the Last Burmese Campaign of 1885-88 (1892)
- "Mandalay in 1885-1888: The Letters of James Alfred Colbeck" Reprinted in SOAS Bulletin of Burma Research, Vol 2, No1, Spring 2004. Archive.org
- "Mandalay City or Fort Dufferin" page 254 Wanderings in Burma by George W Bird 1897 “South East Asia Visions” Cornell University
