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	'''Mir Sadiq''' held the post of a minister in the [[Cabinet (government)\|cabinet]] of [[Tipu Sultan]] of [[Mysore]]. In the [[Fourth Anglo-Mysore War]] in 1798–99, he ~~allegedly~~ betrayed Tipu Sultan during the [[Siege of Seringapatam (1799)\|Siege of Srirangapatana]], paving the way for a British victory. He betrayed Tipu, killing Tipu loyalist Ghazi Khan and later arranged to have Tipu trapped behind locked doors.<ref name="Sunderlal 2018 p. 364">{{cite book \| last=Sunderlal \| first=Pandit \| title=How India Lost Her Freedom \| publisher=SAGE Publications \| year=2018 \| isbn=978-93-5280-642-3 \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E4lIDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA364 \| access-date=20 January 2022 \| page=364}}</ref> Sadiq was killed by some of the dismayed Mysorean troops immediately following the defeat as he attempted to go over to welcome the British.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Kingdom of Mysore\|url=http://www.lib.mq.edu.au/digital/seringapatam/mysoreans.html\|website=lib.mq.edu.au\|access-date=5 July 2017\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140311110226/http://www.lib.mq.edu.au/digital/seringapatam/mysoreans.html\|archive-date=March 11, ~~2014~~}}</ref>		'''Mir Sadiq gujjar''' was a courtier who held the post of a minister in the [[Cabinet (government)\|cabinet]] of [[Tipu Sultan]] of [[Mysore]] and is famous for his betrayal of Tipu Sultan to the British.<ref name=":0" />

			== Fourth Anglo-Mysore War ==
			In the [[Fourth Anglo-Mysore War]] in 1798–99, he betrayed Tipu Sultan during the [[Siege of Seringapatam (1799)\|Siege of Srirangapatana]], paving the way for a British victory. During the siege, although the invading English troops were starving, Sadiq withdrew his troops, allowing the British to commence their attack on the fort.<ref>{{cite book \|last1=Hasan \|first1=Mohibbul \|title=History of Tipu Sultan \|date=1971 \|publisher=THE WORLD PRESS PRIVATE LTD \|location=Calcutta \|page=313}}</ref> He betrayed Tipu, killing Tipu loyalist Ghazi Khan and later arranged to have Tipu trapped behind locked doors.<ref name="Sunderlal 2018 p. 364">{{cite book \| last=Sunderlal \| first=Pandit \| title=How India Lost Her Freedom \| publisher=SAGE Publications \| year=2018 \| isbn=978-93-5280-642-3 \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E4lIDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA364 \| access-date=20 January 2022 \| page=364}}</ref> Sadiq was killed by some of the dismayed Mysorean troops immediately following the defeat as he attempted to go over to welcome the British.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Kingdom of Mysore\|url=http://www.lib.mq.edu.au/digital/seringapatam/mysoreans.html\|website=lib.mq.edu.au\|access-date=5 July 2017\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140311110226/http://www.lib.mq.edu.au/digital/seringapatam/mysoreans.html\|archive-date=11 March 2014}}</ref>

			== Death and legacy ==
			Following his death, Sadiq's body was mutilated, exhumed and defiled for over two weeks by the angered general public, including women and children, dismayed at his betrayal of Tipu Sultan,{{citation needed\|date=October 2023}} forcing the administration to impose "strong measures". Even today, tourists pelt the spot where Mir Sadiq was killed.<ref>{{cite book \|last1=Mohibbul \|first1=Hasan \|title=History of Tipu Sultan \|date=1971 \|publisher=THE WORLD PRESS PRIVATE LTD \|location=Calcutta \|page=328-329 \|edition=2nd}}</ref>{{page needed\|date=October 2023}}

			Mir Sadiq's mausoleum, also located in Srirangapatna, has regularly been assaulted by shoes thrown by visitors over the years.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiJE46h28Dg \|title=Real Grave of Mir Sadiq and Ghulam Ali {{!}} टिपु सुल्तान के गद्दार \|publisher=The Tiger of Mysore \|via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|title=Who Was Mir Sadiq? {{!}}{{!}} Why Do People Throw Shoes On The Grave of Mir Sadiq? {{!}}{{!}} Story Of Traitor \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ss3u2MSMrxU \|via=YouTube}}</ref> Presently, it is in a severe state of disrepair, rarely visited,<ref>{{cite web \|title=Real Grave of Mir Sadiq and Ghulam Ali {{!}} टिपु सुल्तान के गद्दार \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiJE46h28Dg \|via=YouTube}}</ref> and its lands have been encroached.<ref>{{cite web \|title=Recalling the forgotten legacy of Mir Sadiq \|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/2010/sep/16/recalling-the-forgotten-legacy-of-mir-sadiq-187276.html#:~:text=Mir%20Sadiq's%20body%20was%20also,are%20under%20the%20Waqf%20Board. \|work=The New Indian Express}}</ref>

			[[Muhammad Iqbal]], the notable poet of [[Indian subcontinent]], had condemned [[Mir Jafar]] and Mir Sadiq as follows:<ref>{{Cite book \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kmXVAAAAMAAJ&q=Mir+Jaffar%E2%80%93e%E2%80%93Bengal,+o+Mir+Sadiq%E2%80%93e%E2%80%93Deccan.+iqbal \|title=The Pakistan Review \|publisher=Ferozsons Limited \|year=1967 \|edition=Volume 15 \|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|last=Ali \|first=Mubarak \|date=2022-05-20 \|title=Why Mir Jafar and Mir Sadiq are vilified in Pakistan's political discourse \|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1690133 \|access-date=2023-01-23 \|website=DAWN.COM \|language=en}}</ref>

			{{blockquote\|{{lang\|fa\|{{Nastaliq\|جافر از بنگال، و صادق از دکن<br>ننگِ آدم، ننگِ دین، ننگِ وطن}}}}}}

			Translation:

			{{blockquote\|''Jafar of Bengal and Sadiq of the Deccan:<br>A stigma on humanity, on religion, and the country.''\|title=Muhammad Iqbal}}

	==See also==		==See also==
	* [[Mir Jafar]]		* [[Mir Jafar]]
			* [[Mir Qasim]]

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	[[Category:Year of birth unknown]]		[[Category:Year of birth unknown]]
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	'''Mir Sadiq''' held the post of a minister in the [[Cabinet (government)\|cabinet]] of [[Tipu Sultan]] of [[Mysore]]. In the [[Fourth Anglo-Mysore War]] in 1798–99, he allegedly betrayed Tipu Sultan during the [[Siege of Seringapatam (1799)\|Siege of Srirangapatana]], paving the way for a British victory. ~~Gudu~~ was killed by some of the dismayed Mysorean troops immediately following the defeat as he attempted to go over to welcome the British.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Kingdom of Mysore\|url=http://www.lib.mq.edu.au/digital/seringapatam/mysoreans.html\|website=lib.mq.edu.au\|access-date=5 July 2017\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140311110226/http://www.lib.mq.edu.au/digital/seringapatam/mysoreans.html\|archive-date=March 11, 2014}}</ref>		'''Mir Sadiq''' held the post of a minister in the [[Cabinet (government)\|cabinet]] of [[Tipu Sultan]] of [[Mysore]]. In the [[Fourth Anglo-Mysore War]] in 1798–99, he allegedly betrayed Tipu Sultan during the [[Siege of Seringapatam (1799)\|Siege of Srirangapatana]], paving the way for a British victory. He betrayed Tipu, killing Tipu loyalist Ghazi Khan and later arranged to have Tipu trapped behind locked doors.<ref name="Sunderlal 2018 p. 364">{{cite book \| last=Sunderlal \| first=Pandit \| title=How India Lost Her Freedom \| publisher=SAGE Publications \| year=2018 \| isbn=978-93-5280-642-3 \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E4lIDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA364 \| access-date=20 January 2022 \| page=364}}</ref> Sadiq was killed by some of the dismayed Mysorean troops immediately following the defeat as he attempted to go over to welcome the British.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Kingdom of Mysore\|url=http://www.lib.mq.edu.au/digital/seringapatam/mysoreans.html\|website=lib.mq.edu.au\|access-date=5 July 2017\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140311110226/http://www.lib.mq.edu.au/digital/seringapatam/mysoreans.html\|archive-date=March 11, 2014}}</ref>

			==See also==
			* [[Mir Jafar]]

	According to [[Muhammad Iqbal]], “Mir Jafar and Mir Sadiq were a disgrace to faith, a disgrace to humanity, and a disgrace to the motherland, who were instrumental in the defeat and death of Nawab Siraj-Ud-Daulah of Bengal and Tipu Sultan of Mysore respectively by betraying them for the benefit of the British”.<ref name=intro>{{cite web \|title=''Javid Nama''\|translator= Arthur J. Arberry\|translator-link= Arthur J. Arberry \|work=Iqbal Academy Pakistan \|url=http://www.allamaiqbal.com/works/poetry/persian/javidnama/translation/index.htm}}</ref>

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 '''Mir Sadiq''' held the post of a minister in the [[Cabinet (government)|cabinet]] of [[Tipu Sultan]] of [[Mysore]]. In the [[Fourth Anglo-Mysore War]] in 1798–99, he allegedly betrayed Tipu Sultan during the [[Siege of Seringapatam (1799)|Siege of Srirangapatana]], paving the way for a British victory. Gudu was killed by some of the dismayed Mysorean troops immediately following the defeat as he attempted to go over to welcome the British.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kingdom of Mysore|url=http://www.lib.mq.edu.au/digital/seringapatam/mysoreans.html|website=lib.mq.edu.au|access-date=5 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140311110226/http://www.lib.mq.edu.au/digital/seringapatam/mysoreans.html|archive-date=March 11, 2014}}</ref>

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'''Mir Sadiq''' held the post of a minister in the [[Cabinet (government)|cabinet]] of [[Tipu Sultan]] of [[Mysore]]. In the [[Fourth Anglo-Mysore War]] in 1798–99, he allegedly betrayed Tipu Sultan during the [[Siege of Seringapatam (1799)|Siege of Srirangapatana]], paving the way for a British victory. Gudu was killed by some of the dismayed Mysorean troops immediately following the defeat as he attempted to go over to welcome the British.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kingdom of Mysore|url=http://www.lib.mq.edu.au/digital/seringapatam/mysoreans.html|website=lib.mq.edu.au|access-date=5 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140311110226/http://www.lib.mq.edu.au/digital/seringapatam/mysoreans.html|archive-date=March 11, 2014}}</ref>

According to [[Muhammad Iqbal]], “Mir Jafar and Mir Sadiq were a disgrace to faith, a disgrace to humanity, and a disgrace to the motherland, who were instrumental in the defeat and death of Nawab Siraj-Ud-Daulah of Bengal and Tipu Sultan of Mysore respectively by betraying them for the benefit of the British”.<ref name=intro>{{cite web |title=''Javid Nama''|translator= Arthur J. Arberry|translator-link= Arthur J. Arberry |work=Iqbal Academy Pakistan |url=http://www.allamaiqbal.com/works/poetry/persian/javidnama/translation/index.htm}}</ref>

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