A. MANUSCRIPT SOURCES (পাণ্ডুলিপি)

• India Office Records, British Library, London

  1. Bengal Public Consultations
  2. Bengal Letters Received
  3. Bengal Secret and Military Consultations
  4. Coast and Bay Abstracts
  5. Despatch Books
  6. European Manuscripts
  7. Factory Records
  8. Home Miscellaneous Series
  9. Mayor Court’s Records, Calcutta
  10. Original Correspondence
  11. Orme Manuscripts

• ALGEMEEN RIJKSARCHIEF, THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS

  1. Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie (VOC)
  2. Overgekomen brieven en papiers and Inkomend briefbook, 1720-57 (Select Volumes)
  3. Hoge Regering van Batavia, 246 (Taillefert’s ‘Memorie’, 17 Nov. 1763)

• Stadsarchief Antwerpen, Antwerp, Belgium

  1. General Indische Compagnie (The Ostend Company), 5768

• B. PRINTED SOURCES (মুদ্রিত আকরগ্রন্থ)

  1. PERSIAN WORKS (ফারসি গ্রন্থ)

     • Gholam Hossein Khan, Seir Mutagherin, vol. II, trans. Haji Mustafa, Second Reprint, Lahore, 1975.
     • Gulam Husain Salim, Riyaz-us-Salatin, trans. Maulavi Abdus Salam, Calcutta, 1904.
     • Karam Ali, Muzaffarnamah, in J. N. Sarkar, Bengal Nawabs, Calcutta, 1952.
     • Salimullah, Tarikh-i-Bangala, trans. Gladwin, Calcutta, 1788.
     • Yusuf Ali Khan, Tarikh-i-Bangala-i-Mahabatjangi, trans. Abdus Subhan, Calcutta, 1982.

  2. WORKS IN EUROPEAN LANGUAGES (ইউরোপীয় ভাষায় লেখা গ্রন্থ)

     • (A) Published sources

       1. Datta, K. K., ed., Fort William—India House Correspondence, vol. I (1748-56), Delhi, 1956.
       2. Firminger, W. K., ed., The Fifth Report from the Select Committee of the House of Commons of the Affairs of the East India Company, 1812, 3 vols., Calcutta, 1917-18.
       3. —, Historical Introduction to the Fifth Report, Calcutta, 1917.
       4. Hill, S.C., Bengal in 1756-57, 3 vols., London, 1905.
       5. Martin, Francois, Memories de Francois Martin, 1665-1696, ed., A. Martineau, Paris, 1931.
       6. Records of Fort St. George: Diary and Military Consultations, Madras, 1912-25.
       7. Sinha, N. K., ed., Fort William—India House Correspondence, vol. V (1767-9), Calcutta, 1959.
       8. Wilson, C. R., ed., The Early Annals of the English in Bengal, 3 vols., London, 1895-1917.
       9. Yule, H., ed., The Diary of William Hedges, 3 vols., London, 1887-9.
       10. Van Dam, Pieter, Beschrijvinge vande Oost-Indische Compagnie, ed., F.W. Stapel & others, 4 books in 7 parts, The Hague, 1927-54.

     • (B) Travellers’ Account, Memoirss. etc. (পর্য্যটকদের বিবরণ, স্মৃতিকথা ইত্যাদি)

       1. Bernier, F., Travels in the Mogul Empire, 1656-1658, ed. A. Constable, Oxford, 1934.
       2. Bolts, William, Considerations on Indian Affairs, London, 1772.
       3. Bowrey, Thomas, A Geographical Account of Countries Round the Bay of Bengal, 1669-1679, ed., R.C. Temple, Cambridge, 1905.
       4. Dow, Alexander, History of Hindostan, vol. III, London, 1770.
       5. Orme, Robert, Historical Fragments of the Mogul Empire, London, 1805.
       6. —, History of the Military Transactions of the British Nation in Indostan, 3 vols., London, 1803.
       7. Scrafton, Luke, Reflections on the Government of Indostan, London, 1763.
       8. Stavorinus, J. S., Voyage in the East Indies, trans. S. H. Wilcoke, 3 vols., London, 1798.
       9. Tavernier, Jean-Baptiste, Travels in India, 1640-1667, trans. V. Ball, London, 1889.
       10. Vansittart, H., A Narrative of the Transactions in Bengal from 1760-1764, London, 1766.
       11. Verelst, H., A View of the Rise, Progress and Present State of the English Government in Bengal, London, 1772.
       12. Watts, William, Memoirs of the Revolution in Bengal, London, 1760.

     • (C) Secondary works (প্রাসঙ্গিক গ্রন্থ)

       • (১) বাংলা

         1. আহমদ শরীফ, মধ্যযুগের সাহিত্যে সমাজ ও সংস্কৃতির রূপ, ঢাকা, ১৯৭৭।
         2. অক্ষয়কুমার মৈত্র, সিরাজদৌল্লা, কলিকাতা, ১৮৯৮।
         3. কমল বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়, মুর্শিদাবাদ থেকে বলছি, ১ম খণ্ড, কলিকাতা, ১৩৮০।
         4. তপনমোহন চট্টোপাধ্যায়, পলাশীর যুদ্ধ, কলিকাতা, ১৯৫৩
         5. নিখিলনাথ রায়, মুর্শিদাবাদের ইতিহাস, কলিকাতা, ১৯০২।
         6. —, মুর্শিদাবাদ কাহিনী, কলিকাতা, ১৯০৩।
         7. —, জগৎশেঠ, কলিকাতা, ১৯১২।
         8. প্রতিভারঞ্জন মৈত্র, মুর্শিদাবাদ চর্চা, কলিকাতা, ১৩৮০।
         9. ভারতচন্দ্র, সত্যপীরের কথা, ভারতচন্দ্র গ্রন্থাবলী, কলিকাতা, ১৯৬৩।
         10. সোমেন্দ্রলাল রায়, মুর্শিদাবাদের কথা ও কাহিনী, কলিকাতা, ১৯৬০।
         11. শচীন্দ্রনাথ সেনগুপ্ত, সিরাজদ্দৌল্লা, কলিকাতা, ১৯৪২।
         12. শ্রীপারাবাত, মুর্শিদকুলী খাঁ, কলিকাতা, ১৯৯০।

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