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{{Short description|Ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore from 1782 to 1799}} | {{Short description|Ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore from 1782 to 1799}} | ||
{{ | {{other uses|Tipu Sultan (disambiguation)|Tipu (disambiguation)}} | ||
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}} | {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}} | ||
{{EngvarB|date=March 2014}} | {{EngvarB|date=March 2014}} | ||
{{Infobox royalty | {{Infobox royalty | ||
| name = | | name = Tipu Sultan | ||
| title = Badshah<br />Nasib-ud-Daulah<br />Mir Fateh Ali Bahadur Tipu | | title = Badshah<br />Nasib-ud-Daulah<br />Mir Fateh Ali Bahadur Tipu | ||
| image = | | image = TipuSultan1790.jpg | ||
| caption = Portrait of Tipu Sultan, from Mysore ({{circa|1790–1800}}). | |||
| reign = 10 December 1782 – 4 May 1799 | | reign = 10 December 1782 – 4 May 1799 | ||
| coronation = 29 December 1782 | | coronation = 29 December 1782 | ||
| predecessor = [[Hyder Ali]] | | predecessor = [[Hyder Ali]] | ||
| succession = [[Kingdom of Mysore|Sultan of Mysore]] | | succession = [[Kingdom of Mysore|Sultan of Mysore]] | ||
| successor = [[Krishnaraja Wodeyar III]] (as | | successor = [[Krishnaraja Wodeyar III|Krishnaraja III]] <br/> <small> (as [[Maharaja of Mysore|Maharaja]] of [[Kingdom of Mysore|Mysore]]) </small> | ||
| spouse = Khadija Zaman Begum and 2 or 3 others | | spouse = Khadija Zaman Begum and 2 or 3 others | ||
| issue = [[Shezada Hyder Ali]], [[Ghulam Muhammad Sultan Sahib]] and many others | | issue = [[Shezada Hyder Ali]], [[Ghulam Muhammad Sultan Sahib]] and many others | ||
| royal house = [[Mysore]] | | royal house = [[Mysore]] | ||
| full name = Badshah Nasib-ud-Daulah Sultan Mir Fateh Ali Bahadur Saheb Tipu | | full name = Badshah Nasib-ud-Daulah Sultan Mir Fateh Ali Bahadur Saheb Tipu | ||
| father = [[Hyder Ali]] | | father = [[Hyder Ali]] | ||
| mother = Fatima Fakhr-un-Nisa | | mother = Fatima Fakhr-un-Nisa | ||
| | | signature = Seal of Tipu Sultan.png| | ||
| religion = [[Sunni Islam]]<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ncfIAAAAQBAJ&q=sunni+ottoman+tipu+sultan&pg=PA194|title = The Persian Gulf in History|isbn = 9780230618459|last1 = Potter|first1 = L.|date = 5 January 2009}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uX4fEAAAQBAJ&q=sunni+ottoman+tipu+sultan&pg=PA8|title=Noncooperation in India: Nonviolent Strategy and Protest, | | signature_type = [[Seal (emblem)|Seal]] | ||
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1751|12| | | religion = [[Sunni Islam]]<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ncfIAAAAQBAJ&q=sunni+ottoman+tipu+sultan&pg=PA194|title = The Persian Gulf in History|isbn = 9780230618459|last1 = Potter|first1 = L.|date = 5 January 2009}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uX4fEAAAQBAJ&q=sunni+ottoman+tipu+sultan&pg=PA8|title=Noncooperation in India: Nonviolent Strategy and Protest, 1920–22|isbn=978-0-19-758056-1|last1=Hardiman|first1=David|date=March 2021}}</ref> | ||
| birth_place = [[Devanahalli]], | | birth_name = Sultan Fateh Ali Sahab Tipu | ||
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1799|5|4|1751|12|01 | | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1751|12|1}} | ||
| death_place = [[Srirangapatna]], | | birth_place = [[Devanahalli]], [[Kingdom of Mysore|Sultanate of Mysore]] <br /> (modern-day [[Karnataka]], [[India]]) | ||
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1799|5|4|1751|12|01}} | |||
| death_place = [[Srirangapatna]], [[Kingdom of Mysore|Sultanate of Mysore]] <br /> (modern-day Karnataka, India) | |||
| burial_place = Srirangapatna, present-day [[Mandya]], Karnataka<br />{{coord|12|24|36|N|76|42|50|E|display=inline,title}} | | burial_place = Srirangapatna, present-day [[Mandya]], Karnataka<br />{{coord|12|24|36|N|76|42|50|E|display=inline,title}} | ||
| Battles/Wars = [[Second Anglo-Mysore War]]<br>[[Battle of Annagudi]]<br>[[Maratha-Mysore War]]<br>[[Second siege of Nargund|Siege of Nargund]]<br>[[Siege of Adoni]]<br>[[Mysorean invasion of Malabar]]<br>[[Battle of Nedumkotta]]<br>[[Third Anglo-Mysore War]]<br>[[Fourth Anglo-Mysore War]]<br>[[Siege of Seringapatna]] | |||
}}<br> | |||
{{Infobox military person | |||
| battles = [[Second Anglo-Mysore War]]<br>[[Battle of Annagudi]]<br>[[Maratha-Mysore War]]<br>[[Second siege of Nargund|Siege of Nargund]]<br>[[Siege of Adoni]]<br>[[Battle of Savanur]]<br>[[Mysorean invasion of Malabar]]<br>[[Battle of Nedumkotta]]<br>[[Third Anglo-Mysore War]]<br>[[Fourth Anglo-Mysore War]]<br>[[Siege of Seringapatam (1799)]]<br>[[Siege of Bahadur Benda]]<br>[[Parshuram Bhau's Carnatic Campaign]] | |||
}} | }} | ||
Tipu Sultan and his father used their French-trained army in alliance with the French in their struggle with the British,{{sfn|Roy|2011|p=77}} and in Mysore's struggles with other surrounding powers | '''Tipu Sultan''' (''Sultan Fateh Ali Sahab Tipu''; 1 December 1751 – 4 May 1799), commonly referred to as the '''Tiger of Mysore''',<ref>{{cite journal|last=Cavendish|first=Richard|title=Tipu Sultan killed at Seringapatam|journal=History Today|date=4 May 1999|volume=49|issue=5|url=http://www.historytoday.com/richard-cavendish/tipu-sultan-killed-seringapatam|access-date=13 December 2013}}</ref> was the Indian Muslim ruler of the [[Kingdom of Mysore]] based in [[South India]].<ref>{{cite book |title=India, Modernity and the Great Divergence |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=TdrzDQAAQBAJ&dq=Tipu+Sultan+indian+muslim+ruler&pg=PA318 |page=67 |author= Kaveh Yazdani|date=2017 |publisher=Brill | isbn=9789004330795 }}</ref> He was a pioneer of [[rocket artillery]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Colley |first1=Linda |title=Going Native, Telling Tales: Captivity, Collaborations and Empire |journal=Past & Present |date=2000 |issue=168 |page=190 |jstor=651308 |url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/651308 |issn=0031-2746}}</ref><ref name=DalrymplePg243>Dalrymple, p. 243</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Jamil |first1=Arish |title=Why Mysore? The Idealistic and Materialistic Factors Behind Tipu Sultan's War Rocket Success |url=http://history.emory.edu/home/documents/endeavors/volume5/gunpowder-age-v-jamil.pdf |website=Emory Endeavors in World History - Volume 5 |publisher=Emory College of Arts and Science |access-date=21 May 2022}}</ref> He introduced a number of administrative innovations during his rule, including a new coinage system and calendar,{{sfn|Hasan|2005|p=399}} and a new land revenue system, which initiated the growth of the [[Mysore silk]] industry.<ref name="Global Silk Industry">{{cite book |author=Datta, R.K.|title=Global Silk Industry: A Complete Source Book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A8U1lmEGEdgC |year=2007 |publisher=APH Publishing |isbn=978-81-313-0087-9 |page=17 }}</ref> Tipu was also a pioneer in introducing [[Channapatna toys]].<ref name="History Of Channapatna Toys">{{cite web |title=History Of Channapatna Toys |url=https://craftdeals.in/origins-of-channapatna-toys/ |website=Craftdeals.in |date=January 2023 |publisher=Craftdeals.in |access-date=January 1, 2023}}</ref> He expanded the iron-cased [[Mysorean rockets]] and commissioned the military manual ''[[Fathul Mujahidin]]'', He deployed the rockets against advances of British forces and their allies during the [[Anglo-Mysore Wars]], including the [[Battle of Pollilur (1780)|Battle of Pollilur]] and [[Siege of Srirangapatna (1799)|Siege of Srirangapatna]].<ref name=Narasimha/> | ||
Tipu Sultan and his father used their French-trained army in alliance with the French in their struggle with the British,{{sfn|Roy|2011|p=77}} and in Mysore's struggles with other surrounding powers: against the [[Maratha Empire|Marathas]], [[Sira, India|Sira]], and rulers of [[Malabar (Northern Kerala)|Malabar]], [[Kodagu district|Kodagu]], [[Keladi Nayaka Kingdom|Bednore]], [[Carnatic region|Carnatic]], and [[Travancore]]. Tipu's father, [[Hyder Ali]], had risen to power and Tipu succeeded him as the ruler of Mysore upon his death from cancer in 1782. He won important victories against the British in the [[Second Anglo-Mysore War]]. He negotiated the 1784 [[Treaty of Mangalore]] with them, ending the Second Anglo-Mysore War. | |||
Tipu's conflicts with his neighbours included the [[Maratha–Mysore War]], which ended with the signing of the [[Gajendragarh#Treaty of Gajendragad|Treaty of Gajendragad]].{{sfn|Hasan|2005|pp=105–107}} The treaty required that Tipu Sultan pay 4.8 million rupees as a one-time war cost to the Marathas, and an annual tribute of 1.2 million rupees, in addition to returning all the territory captured by Hyder Ali.<ref name="tipu 2"/><ref name="auto1">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y-kanqrtVhYC&q=gajendragad+1787&pg=PA54|title=Anglo-Maratha Relations, 1785-96|last=Sen|first=Sailendra Nath|date=1995|publisher=Popular Prakashan|isbn=9788171547890|language=en}}</ref> | Tipu's conflicts with his neighbours included the [[Maratha–Mysore War]], which ended with the signing of the [[Gajendragarh#Treaty of Gajendragad|Treaty of Gajendragad]].{{sfn|Hasan|2005|pp=105–107}} The treaty required that Tipu Sultan pay 4.8 million rupees as a one-time war cost to the Marathas, and an annual tribute of 1.2 million rupees, in addition to returning all the territory captured by Hyder Ali.<ref name="tipu 2"/><ref name="auto1">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y-kanqrtVhYC&q=gajendragad+1787&pg=PA54|title=Anglo-Maratha Relations, 1785-96|last=Sen|first=Sailendra Nath|date=1995|publisher=Popular Prakashan|isbn=9788171547890|language=en}}</ref> | ||
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Tipu remained an implacable enemy of the British [[East India Company]], sparking conflict with his [[Battle of the Nedumkotta|attack]] on British-allied Travancore in 1789. In the [[Third Anglo-Mysore War]], he was forced into the [[Treaty of Seringapatam]], losing a number of previously conquered territories, including Malabar and [[Mangalore]]. He sent emissaries to foreign states, including the [[Ottoman Empire]], [[Durrani Empire|Afghanistan]], and [[French First Republic|France]], in an attempt to rally opposition to the British. | Tipu remained an implacable enemy of the British [[East India Company]], sparking conflict with his [[Battle of the Nedumkotta|attack]] on British-allied Travancore in 1789. In the [[Third Anglo-Mysore War]], he was forced into the [[Treaty of Seringapatam]], losing a number of previously conquered territories, including Malabar and [[Mangalore]]. He sent emissaries to foreign states, including the [[Ottoman Empire]], [[Durrani Empire|Afghanistan]], and [[French First Republic|France]], in an attempt to rally opposition to the British. | ||
In the [[Fourth Anglo-Mysore War]], a combined force of British East India Company troops, supported by the [[Maratha]]s and the Nizam of Hyderabad defeated Tipu. He was killed on 4 May 1799 while [[Siege of Seringapatam (1799)|defending his stronghold of Seringapatam]]. | In the [[Fourth Anglo-Mysore War]], a combined force of British East India Company troops, supported by the [[Maratha]]s and the [[Nizam of Hyderabad]] defeated Tipu. He was killed on 4 May 1799 while [[Siege of Seringapatam (1799)|defending his stronghold of Seringapatam]]. | ||
== Early years == | == Early years == | ||
[[File:Tippu Birthplace.jpg|thumb|Tippu's birthplace, [[Devanahalli]].]] | |||
===Childhood=== | ===Childhood=== | ||
[[ | Tipu Sultan was born in [[Devanahalli]], in present-day [[Bangalore Rural district]], about {{convert|33|km|0|abbr=on}} north of [[Bangalore]] on 1 December 1751.{{sfn|Hasan|2005|p=6}}<ref name="N18_20210719">{{Cite web|date=2021-07-19|title=Rewriting History: How I Discovered the True Birth Date of Tipu Sultan|url=https://www.news18.com/news/opinion/rewriting-history-how-i-discovered-the-true-birth-date-of-tipu-sultan-3980294.html|access-date=2021-07-22|website=News18|language=en}}</ref> He was named "Tipu Sultan" after the saint Tipu Mastan Aulia of [[Arcot, Vellore|Arcot]]. Being illiterate, Hyder was very particular in giving his eldest son a prince's education and a very early exposure to military and political affairs. From the age of 17 Tipu was given independent charge of important diplomatic and military missions. He was his father's right arm in the wars from which Hyder emerged as the most powerful ruler of southern India.<ref>{{cite news |title=The history of South India is relatively unknown: Rajmohan Gandhi |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/the-history-of-south-india-is-relatively-unknown-rajmohan-gandhi-118120900174_1.html |work=Business Standard India |date=9 December 2018}}</ref> | ||
Tipu | Tipu's father, [[Hyder Ali]], was a military officer in service to the [[Kingdom of Mysore]] who had become the ''de facto'' ruler of Mysore in 1761 while his mother Fatima Fakhr-un-Nisa was the daughter of Mir Muin-ud-Din, the governor of the fort of [[Kadapa]]. Hyder Ali appointed able teachers to give Tipu an early education in subjects like [[Urdu]], Persian, Arabic, [[Kannada]], [[beary]], [[Quran]], [[fiqh|Islamic jurisprudence]], [[Equestrianism|riding]], shooting and fencing.{{sfn|Hasan|2005|p=6}}<ref name="AnwarH">{{cite book |author=Haroon, Anwar |title=Kingdom of Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan |date=June 2013 |page=95 |isbn=9781483615349 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7y-KAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA95}}</ref><ref name="Wenger04">{{cite book |last1=Wenger |first1=Estefania |title=Tipu Sultan: A Biography |date=March 2017 |isbn=9789386367440 |page=4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rQQ1DgAAQBAJ }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The Sultan of Mysore – Tipu Sultan |url=https://www.karnataka.com/personalities/tipu-sultan/ |publisher=Karnataka.com |access-date=7 August 2019}}</ref> | ||
Tipu's | ===Language=== | ||
Tipu Sultan's mother tongue was [[Urdu]]. The French noted that "Their language is Moorish[Urdu] but they also speak Persian."<ref>{{Cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=uF_SDwAAQBAJ&dq=moors+urdu&pg=PA31 |title= Muslims and Citizens:Islam, Politics, and the French Revolution|author= Ian Coller |date=2020 |page=31|isbn= 9780300243369}}</ref> ''Moors'' at the time was a European designation for Urdu: "I have a deep knowledge [''je possède à fond''] of the common tongue of India, called ''Moors'' by the English, and ''Ourdouzebain'' by the natives of the land."<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=71h7DgAAQBAJ&dq=follow+theme+in+their+conversation,+even+though+i+have+a+deep+knowledge+%5Bje+possede+a+fond%5D+of+the+common+tongue+of+India,+called+Moors+by+the+English,+and+Ourdouzebain+by+the+natives+of+the+land.&pg=PA259 |title= Europe's India: Words, People, Empires, 1500–1800 |author= Sanjay Subrahmanyam |date= 2017|publisher= Harvard University Press |isbn= 9780674977556 }}</ref> | |||
== Early military service == | |||
[[File:War coat of Tipu Sultan.jpg|left|thumb|War coat used by Tipu Sultan of Mysore.c. 1785-1790]] | |||
[[File:Flintlock Blunderbuss Tipoo Sahib Seringapatam 1793 1794.jpg|left|thumb|A [[flintlock]] [[blunderbuss]], built for Tipu Sultan in [[Srirangapatna]], 1793–94. Tipu Sultan used many Western craftsmen, and this gun reflects the most up-to-date technologies of the time.<ref name="Moma">Exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.</ref>]] | [[File:Flintlock Blunderbuss Tipoo Sahib Seringapatam 1793 1794.jpg|left|thumb|A [[flintlock]] [[blunderbuss]], built for Tipu Sultan in [[Srirangapatna]], 1793–94. Tipu Sultan used many Western craftsmen, and this gun reflects the most up-to-date technologies of the time.<ref name="Moma">Exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.</ref>]] | ||
=== Early Conflicts === | |||
Tipu Sultan was instructed in military tactics by French officers in the employment of his father. At age 15, he accompanied his father against the British in the [[First Mysore War]] in 1766. He commanded a corps of cavalry in the invasion of [[Carnatic region|Carnatic]] in 1767 at age 16. He also distinguished himself in the [[First Anglo-Maratha War]] of 1775–1779.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}} | Tipu Sultan was instructed in military tactics by French officers in the employment of his father. At age 15, he accompanied his father against the British in the [[First Mysore War]] in 1766. He commanded a corps of cavalry in the invasion of [[Carnatic region|Carnatic]] in 1767 at age 16. He also distinguished himself in the [[First Anglo-Maratha War]] of 1775–1779.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}} | ||
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===Second Anglo-Mysore War=== | ===Second Anglo-Mysore War=== | ||
{{main|Second Anglo-Mysore War}} | {{main|Second Anglo-Mysore War|Battle of Annagudi}} | ||
In 1779, the British captured the French-controlled port of [[Mahé, India|Mahé]], which Tipu had placed under his protection, providing some troops for its defence. In response, Hyder launched an invasion of the Carnatic, with the aim of driving the British out of [[Madras]].<ref>{{cite book|title=A history of the British army, Volume 3|first=John William|last=Fortescue|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1GlKAAAAYAAJ&q=cornwallis%20medows%20mysore&pg=PA546|publisher=Macmillan|year=1902|pages=431–432}}</ref> During this campaign in September 1780, Tipu Sultan was dispatched by Hyder Ali with 10,000 men and 18 guns to intercept Colonel Baillie who was on his way to join Sir [[Hector Munro, 8th of Novar|Hector Munro]]. In the [[Battle of Pollilur]], Tipu decisively defeated Baillie. Out of 360 Europeans, about 200 were captured alive, and the sepoys, who were about 3800 men, suffered very high casualties. Munro was moving south with a separate force to join Baillie, but on hearing the news of the defeat he was forced to retreat to Madras, abandoning his artillery in a water tank at [[Kanchipuram]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalgalleries.org/tipu/tipu311.htm|title=The Tiger and The Thistle – Tipu Sultan and the Scots in India|work=nationalgalleries.org|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061111064154/http://www.nationalgalleries.org/tipu/tipu311.htm|archive-date=11 November 2006}}</ref> | [[File:Battle of pollilur.jpg|thumb|[[Mural]] of the [[Battle of Pollilur]] on the walls of Tipu's summer palace, painted to celebrate his triumph over the British]][[File:Tipu Sultan%27s cannon.jpg|thumb|Very small Cannon used by Tipu Sultan's forces now in Government Museum (Egmore), Chennai]]In 1779, the British captured the French-controlled port of [[Mahé, India|Mahé]], which Tipu had placed under his protection, providing some troops for its defence. In response, Hyder launched an invasion of the Carnatic, with the aim of driving the British out of [[Madras]].<ref>{{cite book|title=A history of the British army, Volume 3|first=John William|last=Fortescue|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1GlKAAAAYAAJ&q=cornwallis%20medows%20mysore&pg=PA546|publisher=Macmillan|year=1902|pages=431–432}}</ref> During this campaign in September 1780, Tipu Sultan was dispatched by Hyder Ali with 10,000 men and 18 guns to intercept [[William Baillie (East India Company officer)|Colonel William Baillie]] who was on his way to join Sir [[Hector Munro, 8th of Novar|Hector Munro]]. In the [[Battle of Pollilur]], Tipu decisively defeated Baillie. Out of 360 Europeans, about 200 were captured alive, and the sepoys, who were about 3800 men, suffered very high casualties. Munro was moving south with a separate force to join Baillie, but on hearing the news of the defeat he was forced to retreat to Madras, abandoning his artillery in a water tank at [[Kanchipuram]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalgalleries.org/tipu/tipu311.htm|title=The Tiger and The Thistle – Tipu Sultan and the Scots in India|work=nationalgalleries.org|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061111064154/http://www.nationalgalleries.org/tipu/tipu311.htm|archive-date=11 November 2006}}</ref> | ||
[[ | Tipu Sultan defeated Colonel Braithwaite at [[Battle of Annagudi|Annagudi]] near Tanjore on 18 February 1782. Braithwaite's forces, consisting of 100 Europeans, 300 cavalry, 1400 [[sepoy]]s and 10 field pieces, was the standard size of the colonial armies. Tipu Sultan seized all the guns and took the entire detachment prisoner. In December 1781 Tipu Sultan successfully seized Chittur from the British. Tipu Sultan had thus gained sufficient military experience by the time Hyder Ali died on Friday, 6 December 1782 – some historians put it at 2 or 3 days later or before, (Hijri date being 1 [[Muharram]], 1197 as per some records in Persian – there may be a difference of 1 to 3 days due to the Lunar Calendar). Tipu Sultan realised that the British were a new kind of threat in India. He became the ruler of Mysore on Sunday, 22 December 1782 (The inscriptions in some of Tipu's [[regalia]] showing it as 20 [[Muharram]], 1197 [[Islamic calendar|Hijri]] – Sunday), in a simple coronation ceremony. | ||
He then worked on to check the advances of the British by making alliances with the [[Marathas]] and the [[Mughal Empire|Mughals]]. The Second Mysore War came to an end with the 1784 [[Treaty of Mangalore]].{{Clarify|date=January 2019}}<ref>{{Cite book|last=Parliament|first=Great Britain|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0Vs6AQAAMAAJ&q=treaty+of+mangalore&pg=PA139|title=The Parliamentary History of England from the Earliest Period to the Year 1803|date=1817|publisher=T.C. Hansard|language=en}}</ref> | He then worked on to check the advances of the British by making alliances with the [[Marathas]] and the [[Mughal Empire|Mughals]]. The Second Mysore War came to an end with the 1784 [[Treaty of Mangalore]].{{Clarify|date=January 2019}}<ref>{{Cite book|last=Parliament|first=Great Britain|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0Vs6AQAAMAAJ&q=treaty+of+mangalore&pg=PA139|title=The Parliamentary History of England from the Earliest Period to the Year 1803|date=1817|publisher=T.C. Hansard|language=en}}</ref> | ||
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In 1780, Tipu crowned himself ''Badshah'' or Emperor of Mysore, and struck coinage.{{citation needed|date=January 2021}} | In 1780, Tipu crowned himself ''Badshah'' or Emperor of Mysore, and struck coinage.{{citation needed|date=January 2021}} | ||
[[File:Daria-daulat-bagh.jpg|thumb|Tipu Sultan's summer palace at [[Srirangapatna]], Karnataka]] | [[File:Daria-daulat-bagh.jpg|thumb|[[Tipu Sultan's Summer Palace|Tipu Sultan's summer palace]] at [[Srirangapatna]], Karnataka|left]] | ||
===Conflicts with Maratha Confederacy=== | ===Conflicts with Maratha Confederacy=== | ||
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However Tipu Sultan wanted to escape from the treaty of Marathas and therefore tried to take some Maratha forts in Southern India, which were captured by Marathas in the previous war. Tipu also stopped the tribute to Marathas which was promised by Hyder Ali.<ref name='tipu 2'>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bxsa3jtHoCEC&q=tipu+48+lacs+maratha&pg=PA175|title=Battles of the Honourable East India Company: Making of the Raj|last=Naravane|first=M. S.|date=2006|publisher=APH Publishing|isbn=9788131300343|language=en}}</ref> This brought Tipu in direct conflict with the Marathas, leading to [[Maratha–Mysore War]]<ref name='tipu 2'/> | However Tipu Sultan wanted to escape from the treaty of Marathas and therefore tried to take some Maratha forts in Southern India, which were captured by Marathas in the previous war. Tipu also stopped the tribute to Marathas which was promised by Hyder Ali.<ref name='tipu 2'>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bxsa3jtHoCEC&q=tipu+48+lacs+maratha&pg=PA175|title=Battles of the Honourable East India Company: Making of the Raj|last=Naravane|first=M. S.|date=2006|publisher=APH Publishing|isbn=9788131300343|language=en}}</ref> This brought Tipu in direct conflict with the Marathas, leading to [[Maratha–Mysore War]]<ref name='tipu 2'/> | ||
Conflicts between Mysore (under Tipu) and Marathas: | Conflicts between Mysore (under Tipu) and Marathas: | ||
* [[Siege of Nargund]] during February 1785 won by Mysore | * [[Second siege of Nargund|Siege of Nargund]] during February 1785 won by Mysore | ||
* [[Siege of Badami]] during May 1786 in which Mysore surrendered | * [[Siege of Badami]] during May 1786 in which Mysore surrendered | ||
* [[Siege of Adoni]] during June 1786 won by Mysore | * [[Siege of Adoni]] during June 1786 won by Mysore | ||
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Conflict ended with [[Gajendragarh#Treaty of Gajendragad|Treaty of Gajendragad]] in March 1787, as per which Tipu returned all the territory captured by [[Hyder Ali]] to [[Maratha Empire]].<ref name='tipu 2'/><ref name="auto1"/> Tipu agreed to pay four year arrears of tribute which his father [[Hyder Ali]] had agreed to pay to [[Maratha Empire]] (4.8 million rupees), The Marathas agreed to address Tipu sultan as "Nabob Tipu Sultan Futteh Ally Khan".<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y-kanqrtVhYC&pg=PA59|title=Anglo-Maratha Relations, 1785–96|last=Sen|first=Sailendra Nath|date=1995|publisher=Popular Prakashan|isbn=9788171547890|language=en}}</ref> | Conflict ended with [[Gajendragarh#Treaty of Gajendragad|Treaty of Gajendragad]] in March 1787, as per which Tipu returned all the territory captured by [[Hyder Ali]] to [[Maratha Empire]].<ref name='tipu 2'/><ref name="auto1"/> Tipu agreed to pay four year arrears of tribute which his father [[Hyder Ali]] had agreed to pay to [[Maratha Empire]] (4.8 million rupees), The Marathas agreed to address Tipu sultan as "Nabob Tipu Sultan Futteh Ally Khan".<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y-kanqrtVhYC&pg=PA59|title=Anglo-Maratha Relations, 1785–96|last=Sen|first=Sailendra Nath|date=1995|publisher=Popular Prakashan|isbn=9788171547890|language=en}}</ref> | ||
===The Invasion of | Tipu would also release Kalopant and return Adoni, Kittur, and Nargund to their previous rulers. Badami would be ceded to the Marathas. Tipu would also pay an annual tribute of 12 lakhs, for an agreed period of 4 years to the Marathas. In return, Tipu Sultan would get all the region that he had captured during the war. This includes Gajendragarh and Dharwar.{{sfn|Hasan|2005|p=105}}<ref>{{Cite book|last=Sen|first=Sailendra Nath|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y-kanqrtVhYC&pg=PA59|title=Anglo-Maratha Relations, 1785-96|date=1994|publisher=Popular Prakashan|isbn=978-81-7154-789-0|language=en}}</ref> | ||
In [[Fourth Anglo-Mysore War]] maratha empire presented its support to the [[East India Company]]. | |||
===The Invasion of Malabar(1766–1790)=== | |||
{{main|Mysorean invasion of Malabar}} | |||
[[File:Tippoo Sahib at the lines of Travancore in the 1850s.jpg|thumb|200px|Tipu Sultan at the lines of [[Travancore]].]] | [[File:Tippoo Sahib at the lines of Travancore in the 1850s.jpg|thumb|200px|Tipu Sultan at the lines of [[Travancore]].]] | ||
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{{main|Third Anglo-Mysore War}} | {{main|Third Anglo-Mysore War}} | ||
[[File:Tippu's cannon.jpg|thumb|left|Cannon used by Tipu Sultan's forces at the battle of [[Srirangapatna]] 1799]] | [[File:Tippu's cannon.jpg|thumb|left|Cannon used by Tipu Sultan's forces at the battle of [[Srirangapatna]] 1799]][[File:Surrender of Tipu Sultan.jpg|thumb|General [[Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis|Lord Cornwallis]], receiving two of Tipu Sultan's sons as hostages in the year 1793.|left]] | ||
[[File:Tipu Sultan | |||
In 1789, Tipu Sultan disputed the acquisition by [[Dharma Raja of Travancore]] of two [[Dutch Republic|Dutch-held]] fortresses in [[Kingdom of Cochin|Cochin]]. In December 1789 he massed troops at [[Coimbatore]], and on 28 December [[Battle of the Nedumkotta|made an attack]] on the lines of Travancore, knowing that Travancore was (according to the [[Treaty of Mangalore]]) an ally of the [[British East India Company]].<ref name=":0"/> On account of the staunch resistance by the Travancore army, Tipu was unable to break through the Tranvancore lines and the Maharajah of Travancore appealed to the East India Company for help. In response, [[Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis|Lord Cornwallis]] mobilised company and British military forces, and formed alliances with the Marathas and the Nizam of Hyderabad to oppose Tipu. In 1790 the company forces advanced, taking control of much of the Coimbatore district.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Wenger|first=Estefania|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rQQ1DgAAQBAJ&q=1792+campaign+of+Tipu&pg=PT11|title=Tipu Sultan: A Biography|date=1 March 2017|publisher=Vij Books India Pvt Ltd|isbn=978-93-86367-44-0|language=en}}</ref> Tipu counter-attacked, regaining much of the territory, although the British continued to hold Coimbatore itself. He then descended into the Carnatic, eventually reaching [[Pondicherry (city)|Pondicherry]], where he attempted without success to draw the French into the conflict.<ref name=":0" /> | In 1789, Tipu Sultan disputed the acquisition by [[Dharma Raja of Travancore]] of two [[Dutch Republic|Dutch-held]] fortresses in [[Kingdom of Cochin|Cochin]]. In December 1789 he massed troops at [[Coimbatore]], and on 28 December [[Battle of the Nedumkotta|made an attack]] on the lines of Travancore, knowing that Travancore was (according to the [[Treaty of Mangalore]]) an ally of the [[British East India Company]].<ref name=":0"/> On account of the staunch resistance by the Travancore army, Tipu was unable to break through the Tranvancore lines and the Maharajah of Travancore appealed to the East India Company for help. In response, [[Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis|Lord Cornwallis]] mobilised company and British military forces, and formed alliances with the Marathas and the Nizam of Hyderabad to oppose Tipu. In 1790 the company forces advanced, taking control of much of the Coimbatore district.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Wenger|first=Estefania|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rQQ1DgAAQBAJ&q=1792+campaign+of+Tipu&pg=PT11|title=Tipu Sultan: A Biography|date=1 March 2017|publisher=Vij Books India Pvt Ltd|isbn=978-93-86367-44-0|language=en}}</ref> Tipu counter-attacked, regaining much of the territory, although the British continued to hold Coimbatore itself. He then descended into the Carnatic, eventually reaching [[Pondicherry (city)|Pondicherry]], where he attempted without success to draw the French into the conflict.<ref name=":0" /> | ||
In 1791 his opponents advanced on all fronts, with the main British force under Cornwallis [[Siege of Bangalore|taking Bangalore]] and threatening Srirangapatna. Tipu harassed the British supply and communication and embarked on a "scorched earth" policy of denying local resources to the British.<ref name=":0" /> In this last effort he was successful, as the lack of provisions forced Cornwallis to withdraw to Bangalore rather than attempt a siege of Srirangapatna. Following the withdrawal, Tipu sent forces to Coimbatore, which they retook [[Siege of Coimbatore|after a lengthy siege]].<ref name=":0" /> | In 1791 his opponents advanced on all fronts, with the main British force under Cornwallis [[Siege of Bangalore|taking Bangalore]] and threatening Srirangapatna. Tipu harassed the British supply and communication and embarked on a "scorched earth" policy of denying local resources to the British.<ref name=":0" /> In this last effort he was successful, as the lack of provisions forced Cornwallis to withdraw to Bangalore rather than attempt a siege of Srirangapatna. Following the withdrawal, Tipu sent forces to Coimbatore, which they retook [[Siege of Coimbatore|after a lengthy siege]].<ref name=":0" /> | ||
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===Napoleon's attempt at a junction=== | ===Napoleon's attempt at a junction=== | ||
{{Main|Franco-Indian alliances}} | {{Main|Franco-Indian alliances}}In 1794, with the support of French Republican officers, Tipu allegedly helped found the [[Jacobin Club of Mysore]] for 'framing laws comfortable with the laws of the Republic'. He planted a Liberty Tree and declared himself Citizen Tipoo.<ref>{{cite book|last=Roychoudhury|first=Upendrakishore|title=White Mughals|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H7BCr-QIWGIC&pg=PA101|date=April 2004|publisher=Penguin Books India|isbn=978-0-14-303046-1|page=101}}</ref> In a 2005 paper, historian Jean Boutier argued that the club's existence, and Tipu's involvement in it, was fabricated by the East India Company in order to justify British military intervention against Tipu.<ref>{{Cite journal|title=Les "lettres de créances" du corsaire Ripaud. Un "club jacobin" à Srirangapatnam (Inde), mai-juin 1797|journal=Les Indes Savantes|url=https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-00007971/document?_x_tr_sl=fr&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=nui,sc|last=Boutier|first=Jean|date=2005}}</ref> | ||
In 1794, with the support of French Republican officers, Tipu allegedly helped found the [[Jacobin Club of Mysore]] for 'framing laws comfortable with the laws of the Republic'. He planted a Liberty Tree and declared himself Citizen Tipoo.<ref>{{cite book|last=Roychoudhury|first=Upendrakishore|title=White Mughals|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H7BCr-QIWGIC&pg=PA101|date=April 2004|publisher=Penguin Books India|isbn=978-0-14-303046-1|page=101}}</ref> In a 2005 paper, historian Jean Boutier argued that the club's existence, and Tipu's involvement in it, was fabricated by the East India Company in order to justify British military intervention against Tipu.<ref>{{Cite journal|title=Les "lettres de créances" du corsaire Ripaud. Un "club jacobin" à Srirangapatnam (Inde), mai-juin 1797|journal=Les Indes Savantes|url=https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-00007971/document?_x_tr_sl=fr&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=nui,sc|last=Boutier|first=Jean|date=2005}}</ref> | |||
One of the motivations of Napoleon's [[French campaign in Egypt and Syria|invasion of Egypt]] was to establish a junction with India against the British. Bonaparte wished to establish a French presence in the Middle East, with the ultimate dream of linking with Tippoo Sahib.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o4vrUbMK5eEC&pg=PA13|title=Tricolor and Crescent|isbn=9780275974701|year=2003|last1=Watson|first1=William E.}}</ref> Napoleon assured the [[French Directory]] that "as soon as he had conquered Egypt, he will establish relations with the Indian princes and, together with them, attack the English in their possessions."<ref name="books.google.com">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n5IOAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA12|title=Napoleon and Persia|isbn=9780934211581|date=January 1999|last1=Amini|first1=Iradj}}</ref> According to a 13 February 1798 report by [[Talleyrand]]: "Having occupied and fortified Egypt, we shall send a force of 15,000 men from [[Suez]] to India, to join the forces of Tipu-Sahib and drive away the English."<ref name="books.google.com"/> Napoleon was unsuccessful in this strategy, losing the [[Siege of Acre (1799)|Siege of Acre]] in 1799 and at the [[Battle of Abukir (1801)|Battle of Abukir]] in 1801.<ref name=karsh11>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UBilxxaKRKkC&pg=PA11|title=Empires of the Sand|isbn=9780674005419|year=2001|last1=Karsh|first1=Efraim|last2=Karsh|first2=Inari}}</ref> | One of the motivations of Napoleon's [[French campaign in Egypt and Syria|invasion of Egypt]] was to establish a junction with India against the British. Bonaparte wished to establish a French presence in the Middle East, with the ultimate dream of linking with Tippoo Sahib.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o4vrUbMK5eEC&pg=PA13|title=Tricolor and Crescent|isbn=9780275974701|year=2003|last1=Watson|first1=William E.}}</ref> Napoleon assured the [[French Directory]] that "as soon as he had conquered Egypt, he will establish relations with the Indian princes and, together with them, attack the English in their possessions."<ref name="books.google.com">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n5IOAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA12|title=Napoleon and Persia|isbn=9780934211581|date=January 1999|last1=Amini|first1=Iradj}}</ref> According to a 13 February 1798 report by [[Talleyrand]]: "Having occupied and fortified Egypt, we shall send a force of 15,000 men from [[Suez]] to India, to join the forces of Tipu-Sahib and drive away the English."<ref name="books.google.com"/> Napoleon was unsuccessful in this strategy, losing the [[Siege of Acre (1799)|Siege of Acre]] in 1799 and at the [[Battle of Abukir (1801)|Battle of Abukir]] in 1801.<ref name=karsh11>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UBilxxaKRKkC&pg=PA11|title=Empires of the Sand|isbn=9780674005419|year=2001|last1=Karsh|first1=Efraim|last2=Karsh|first2=Inari}}</ref> | ||
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[[Horatio Nelson]] defeated [[François-Paul Brueys D'Aigalliers]] at the [[Battle of the Nile]] in Egypt in 1798. Three armies marched into Mysore in 1799—one from [[Bombay]] and two British, one of which included Arthur Wellesley.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Francis |first1=P. Sempa |title=Wellington in India: A Great Commander in Embryo |url=https://thediplomat.com/2015/05/wellington-in-india-a-great-commander-in-embryo/ |website=thediplomat.com |access-date=16 September 2020}}</ref> They besieged the capital [[Srirangapatna]] in the [[Fourth Mysore War]].<ref>The Parliamentary Register; Or, History of the Proceedings and Debates of the [House of Lords and House of Commons]-J. Almon, 1793</ref> There were more than 60,000 soldiers of the British East India Company, approximately 4,000 Europeans and the rest Indians; while Tipu Sultan's forces numbered only 30,000. The betrayal by Tipu Sultan's ministers in working with the British and weakening the walls to make an easy path for the British.<ref name="hindu"/><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> The death of Tipu Sultan | [[File:Tipu death.jpg|thumb|''The Last Effort and Fall of Tipu Sultan'' by [[Henry Singleton (painter)|Henry Singleton]], c. 1800|left]] | ||
[[File:Tipu Sultan, Indian warrior Emperor of Mysore.gif|left|thumb|Tipu Sultan confronts his opponents during the [[Siege of Seringapatam (1799)|Siege of Srirangapatna.]]]] | |||
[[Horatio Nelson]] defeated [[François-Paul Brueys D'Aigalliers]] at the [[Battle of the Nile]] in Egypt in 1798. Three armies marched into Mysore in 1799—one from [[Bombay]] and two British, one of which included Arthur Wellesley.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Francis |first1=P. Sempa |title=Wellington in India: A Great Commander in Embryo |url=https://thediplomat.com/2015/05/wellington-in-india-a-great-commander-in-embryo/ |website=thediplomat.com |access-date=16 September 2020}}</ref> They besieged the capital [[Srirangapatna]] in the [[Fourth Mysore War]].<ref>The Parliamentary Register; Or, History of the Proceedings and Debates of the [House of Lords and House of Commons]-J. Almon, 1793</ref> There were more than 60,000 soldiers of the British East India Company, approximately 4,000 Europeans and the rest Indians; while Tipu Sultan's forces numbered only 30,000. The betrayal by Tipu Sultan's ministers in working with the British and weakening the walls to make an easy path for the British.<ref name="hindu"/><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> The death of Tipu Sultan led British General Harris to exclaim "now india is ours".<ref name="Moienuddin2000">{{cite book | author =Mohammad Moienuddin | title =Sunset at Srirangapatam: After the Death of Tipu Sultan | year =2000 | publisher =Sangam Books | isbn =978-0-86311-850-0 | oclc =48995204 | url =https://books.google.com/books?id=tBFWAAAAYAAJ&q=exclaim}}</ref> | |||
When the British [[Battle of Srirangapatna|broke through]] the city walls, French military advisers told Tipu Sultan<ref name="Tipu's french advisors">{{cite news |title=Tipu Sultan: Here're lesser known facts about 'Tiger of Mysore' |url=https://www.siasat.com/tipu-sultan-herere-lesser-known-facts-about-tiger-mysore-1715508/ |access-date=16 September 2020 |work=The Siasat Daily |date=2 November 2019}}</ref> to escape via secret passages and to fight the rest of the wars from other forts, but he refused.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tipu, the Citizen-Sultan and the Myth of a Jacobin Club in India |url=https://thewire.in/history/the-citizen-sultan-a-jacobin-club-in-india |website=The Wire}}</ref> | When the British [[Battle of Srirangapatna|broke through]] the city walls, French military advisers told Tipu Sultan<ref name="Tipu's french advisors">{{cite news |title=Tipu Sultan: Here're lesser known facts about 'Tiger of Mysore' |url=https://www.siasat.com/tipu-sultan-herere-lesser-known-facts-about-tiger-mysore-1715508/ |access-date=16 September 2020 |work=The Siasat Daily |date=2 November 2019}}</ref> to escape via secret passages and to fight the rest of the wars from other forts, but he refused.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tipu, the Citizen-Sultan and the Myth of a Jacobin Club in India |url=https://thewire.in/history/the-citizen-sultan-a-jacobin-club-in-india |website=The Wire}}</ref> | ||
Tipu Sultan was killed at the Hoally (Diddy) Gateway, which was located {{convert|300|yd|m}} from the N.E. Angle of the Srirangapatna Fort.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/other/019wdz000000138u00000000.html|title= View of the Hoally Gateway, where Tipu Sultan was killed, Seringapatam (Mysore)|access-date=14 June 2009|publisher=British Library Online Gallery}}</ref> He was buried the next afternoon at the [[Gumbaz, Seringapatam|Gumaz]], next to the grave of his father. Many members of the British East India Company believed that [[Nawab of Carnatic]] [[Umdat Ul-Umra]] secretly provided assistance to Tipu Sultan during the war and sought his deposition after 1799.{{Citation needed|date= April 2018}} When he died there were jubilant celebrations in Britain, with authors, playwrights and painters creating works to celebrate it.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://scroll.in/article/812199/seven-things-you-may-not-have-known-about-tipu-sultan-indias-first-freedom-fighter |title=Seven things you may not have known about Tipu Sultan, India's first freedom fighter |last=Brittlebank |first=Kate |date=22 July 2016 |archive-date=19 March 2022 |publisher=Scroll.in |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220319184846/https://scroll.in/article/812199/seven-things-you-may-not-have-known-about-tipu-sultan-indias-first-freedom-fighter}}</ref> The death of Tipu Sultan was celebrated with declaration of public holiday in | Tipu Sultan was killed at the Hoally (Diddy) Gateway, which was located {{convert|300|yd|m}} from the N.E. Angle of the Srirangapatna Fort.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/other/019wdz000000138u00000000.html|title= View of the Hoally Gateway, where Tipu Sultan was killed, Seringapatam (Mysore)|access-date=14 June 2009|publisher=British Library Online Gallery}}</ref> He was buried the next afternoon at the [[Gumbaz, Seringapatam|Gumaz]], next to the grave of his father. Many members of the British East India Company believed that [[Nawab of Carnatic]] [[Umdat Ul-Umra]] secretly provided assistance to Tipu Sultan during the war and sought his deposition after 1799.{{Citation needed|date= April 2018}} These five men include Mir Sadiq, Purnaiya, two military commanders Saiyed Saheb and Qamaruddin, and Mir Nadim, commandant of the fort of Seringapatam. The episode of treachery as narrated by Hasan starts with the disobedience of Tipu’s instructions.<ref>{{Cite web|title= A Revaluation of tales of concerning Tipu Sultan's defeat|url=https://dailytimes.com.pk/323998/a-re-evaluation-of-tales-of-betrayal-concerning-Tipu-Sultan's-defeat|first=Ayesha |last=Rafiq|date=November 20, 2018|publisher=Daily Times|access-date=13 July 2022}}</ref> When he died there were jubilant celebrations in Britain, with authors, playwrights and painters creating works to celebrate it.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://scroll.in/article/812199/seven-things-you-may-not-have-known-about-tipu-sultan-indias-first-freedom-fighter |title=Seven things you may not have known about Tipu Sultan, India's first freedom fighter |last=Brittlebank |first=Kate |date=22 July 2016 |archive-date=19 March 2022 |publisher=Scroll.in |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220319184846/https://scroll.in/article/812199/seven-things-you-may-not-have-known-about-tipu-sultan-indias-first-freedom-fighter}}</ref> The death of Tipu Sultan was celebrated with declaration of public holiday in Britain.<ref name="te Deum">{{cite book |author= Anjali Sengupta |date= 1984 |title= Cameos of Twelve European Women in India, 1757-1857 |publisher= Ṛddhi-India |pages= 11 |oclc= 13531696 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=hHwtAAAAMAAJ&q=tipu+public+holiday}}</ref> | ||
== Administration == | == Administration == | ||
Tipu introduced a new calendar, new coinage, and seven new government departments, during his reign, and made military innovations in the use of rocketry. | Tipu introduced a new calendar, new coinage, and seven new government departments, during his reign, and made military innovations in the use of rocketry. | ||
[[File:Indian soldier of Tipu Sultan's army.jpg|thumb|A soldier from Tipu Sultan's army, using his [[rocket]] as a flagstaff.]] | |||
===Mysorean rockets=== | ===Mysorean rockets=== | ||
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===Army=== | ===Army=== | ||
Due to their perpetual battle engagements, Haidar and Tipu required a disciplined standing army. Thus, [[Rajputs]], Muslims and [[Boya (caste)|Bedars]] were enrolled for full time service replacing the local militia called the ''Kandachar''<ref>{{cite book |author1=Mysore Hatti Gopal|date=1960|title=The Finances Of The Mysore State 1799 - 1831 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9UJKAAAAMAAJ&q=Kandachar+militia|location=|publisher=Orient Longmans|page=255|isbn=|quote=These were armed militia who served as police officers , helped in the collection of revenue and often garrisoned small forts . They resembled the sibundi in the Company ' s territories . In Mysore they were divided into the huzur kandachar or those who were in the capital and about the Maharaja , and the taluq kandachar or those in the taluqs , the latter being far more numerous than the former.}}</ref> force of agricultural origin which existed in the Mysore army earlier. The removal of the [[Vokkaliga]]s from the local militia which had taken part in wars for centuries and the imposition of higher taxes on them in place of their quit rent led indirectly to the implementation of [[Ryotwari]] system. Now the [[Ryot#Ryotwari system|Ryots]] could not rely upon slaves for their agricultural activities since their slaves were enrolled in the army in some places. Besides paying higher taxes they had to endure the additional responsibility of feeding the slaves and financing their marriages. This led to the weakening of the system of slavery in [[Mysore]].<ref>{{cite book |editor=R. Gopal|date=2010|title=Tipu Sultan: The Tiger of Mysore |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tDT0UsWn7mUC&q=vokkaliga+kandachar|location=Mysore|publisher=Directorate of Archaeology and Museums, Government of Karnataka|page=279|oclc=813417527|quote=Since Haidar and Tipu were perpetually engaged in battles , they formed a disciplined standing army . Thus , instead of the local militia called the Kandachar force of agricultural origin which existed in the Mysore army earlier, Haidar and Tipu enrolled to their army forces the able tribal men , Muslims and Rajputs on full time service. In this way, Haidar and Tipu removed the Vokkaligas of the agricultural base from the local militia which took part in wars for centuries and in place of their quit rent , they imposed higher taxes and thus became indirectly responsible for implementation of Ryotwari system. The Ryots were not liberated from the shackles of Kandachar service; the slaves who were with them were enrolled in the army in some places. As a result, the Ryots removed from the military service could not even rely upon slaves for their agricultural activities. Hence these ryots had to endure the greater responsibility of feeding the slaves and of financing their marriages besides paying the higher taxes. So in the plains of Mysore the system of slavery was loosened.}}</ref> | Due to their perpetual battle engagements, Haidar and Tipu required a disciplined standing army. Thus, [[Rajputs]], Muslims and [[Boya (caste)|Bedars]] were enrolled for full time service replacing the local militia called the ''Kandachar''<ref>{{cite book |author1=Mysore Hatti Gopal|date=1960|title=The Finances Of The Mysore State 1799 - 1831 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9UJKAAAAMAAJ&q=Kandachar+militia|location=|publisher=Orient Longmans|page=255|isbn=|quote=These were armed militia who served as police officers, helped in the collection of revenue and often garrisoned small forts . They resembled the sibundi in the Company ' s territories . In Mysore they were divided into the huzur kandachar or those who were in the capital and about the Maharaja, and the taluq kandachar or those in the taluqs, the latter being far more numerous than the former.}}</ref> force of agricultural origin which existed in the Mysore army earlier. The removal of the [[Vokkaliga]]s from the local militia which had taken part in wars for centuries and the imposition of higher taxes on them in place of their quit rent led indirectly to the implementation of [[Ryotwari]] system. Now the [[Ryot#Ryotwari system|Ryots]] could not rely upon slaves for their agricultural activities since their slaves were enrolled in the army in some places. Besides paying higher taxes they had to endure the additional responsibility of feeding the slaves and financing their marriages. This led to the weakening of the system of slavery in [[Mysore]].<ref>{{cite book |editor=R. Gopal|date=2010|title=Tipu Sultan: The Tiger of Mysore |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tDT0UsWn7mUC&q=vokkaliga+kandachar|location=Mysore|publisher=Directorate of Archaeology and Museums, Government of Karnataka|page=279|oclc=813417527|quote=Since Haidar and Tipu were perpetually engaged in battles, they formed a disciplined standing army . Thus, instead of the local militia called the Kandachar force of agricultural origin which existed in the Mysore army earlier, Haidar and Tipu enrolled to their army forces the able tribal men, Muslims and Rajputs on full time service. In this way, Haidar and Tipu removed the Vokkaligas of the agricultural base from the local militia which took part in wars for centuries and in place of their quit rent, they imposed higher taxes and thus became indirectly responsible for implementation of Ryotwari system. The Ryots were not liberated from the shackles of Kandachar service; the slaves who were with them were enrolled in the army in some places. As a result, the Ryots removed from the military service could not even rely upon slaves for their agricultural activities. Hence these ryots had to endure the greater responsibility of feeding the slaves and of financing their marriages besides paying the higher taxes. So in the plains of Mysore the system of slavery was loosened.}}</ref> | ||
=== Economy === | === Economy === | ||
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The peak of [[Economy of the Kingdom of Mysore|Mysore's economic power]] was under Tipu Sultan in the late 18th century. Along with his father Hyder Ali, he embarked on an ambitious program of economic development, aiming to increase the wealth and revenue of Mysore.<ref>{{Citation |title=Why Europe Grew Rich and Asia Did Not: Global Economic Divergence, 1600–1850 |given=Prasannan |surname=Parthasarathi |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |year=2011 |isbn=978-1-139-49889-0 |page=207 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1_YEcvo-jqcC&pg=PA207}}</ref> Under his reign, Mysore overtook [[Bengal Subah]] as [[Economic history of India|India's dominant economic power]], with highly productive [[agriculture]] and [[textile manufacturing]].<ref name="Parthasarathi">{{Citation |title=Why Europe Grew Rich and Asia Did Not: Global Economic Divergence, 1600–1850 |given=Prasannan |surname=Parthasarathi |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |year=2011 |isbn=978-1-139-49889-0 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1_YEcvo-jqcC|pages=38, 271}}</ref> Mysore's average income was five times higher than [[subsistence]] level at the time.<ref name="auto">{{Citation |title=Why Europe Grew Rich and Asia Did Not: Global Economic Divergence, 1600–1850 |given=Prasannan |surname=Parthasarathi |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |year=2011 |isbn=978-1-139-49889-0 |page=45 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1_YEcvo-jqcC&pg=PA45}}</ref> | The peak of [[Economy of the Kingdom of Mysore|Mysore's economic power]] was under Tipu Sultan in the late 18th century. Along with his father Hyder Ali, he embarked on an ambitious program of economic development, aiming to increase the wealth and revenue of Mysore.<ref>{{Citation |title=Why Europe Grew Rich and Asia Did Not: Global Economic Divergence, 1600–1850 |given=Prasannan |surname=Parthasarathi |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |year=2011 |isbn=978-1-139-49889-0 |page=207 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1_YEcvo-jqcC&pg=PA207}}</ref> Under his reign, Mysore overtook [[Bengal Subah]] as [[Economic history of India|India's dominant economic power]], with highly productive [[agriculture]] and [[textile manufacturing]].<ref name="Parthasarathi">{{Citation |title=Why Europe Grew Rich and Asia Did Not: Global Economic Divergence, 1600–1850 |given=Prasannan |surname=Parthasarathi |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |year=2011 |isbn=978-1-139-49889-0 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1_YEcvo-jqcC|pages=38, 271}}</ref> Mysore's average income was five times higher than [[subsistence]] level at the time.<ref name="auto">{{Citation |title=Why Europe Grew Rich and Asia Did Not: Global Economic Divergence, 1600–1850 |given=Prasannan |surname=Parthasarathi |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |year=2011 |isbn=978-1-139-49889-0 |page=45 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1_YEcvo-jqcC&pg=PA45}}</ref> | ||
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The [[Mysore silk]] industry was first initiated during the reign of Tipu Sultan.<ref name="Hunter512">{{cite book |last1=Hunter |first1=William Wilson, Sir |title=The Indian empire : its peoples, history, and products |year=1886 |publisher=Trubner, London |page=512 |url=https://archive.org/details/indianempireitsp00huntrich/page/512/mode/1up?q=tipu |access-date=21 June 2020}}</ref> He sent an expert to [[Bengal Subah]] to study [[silk]] cultivation and processing, after which Mysore began developing polyvoltine silk.<ref name="Global Silk Industry"/> | The [[Mysore silk]] industry was first initiated during the reign of Tipu Sultan.<ref name="Hunter512">{{cite book |last1=Hunter |first1=William Wilson, Sir |title=The Indian empire : its peoples, history, and products |year=1886 |publisher=Trubner, London |page=512 |url=https://archive.org/details/indianempireitsp00huntrich/page/512/mode/1up?q=tipu |access-date=21 June 2020}}</ref> He sent an expert to [[Bengal Subah]] to study [[silk]] cultivation and processing, after which Mysore began developing polyvoltine silk.<ref name="Global Silk Industry"/> | ||
The greater prominence of the [[Channapatna toys]] can be traced to patronage from Tipu Sultan, the historic ruler of [[Mysore]], though these toys existed before this period historically given as gifts as part of [[Mysore Dasara|Dusshera]] celebrations. It is known that he was an ardent admirer of arts, and in particular of woodwork.<ref>Handmade in India: A Geographic Encyclopedia of Indian, Page 362, Aditi Ranjan, M. P. Ranjan (2009)</ref><ref name="History Of Channapatna Toys"/> | |||
==== Road development ==== | ==== Road development ==== | ||
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===Foreign relations=== | ===Foreign relations=== | ||
; Mughal Empire | ; [[File:Louis XVI Receives the Ambassadors of Tipu Sultan 1788 Voyer after Emile Wattier 19th century.jpg|thumb|[[Louis XVI]] receives the ambassadors of Tipu Sultan in 1788. Tipu Sultan is known to have sent many diplomatic missions to France, the [[Ottoman Empire]], [[Sultanate of Oman]], [[Zand Dynasty]] and [[Durrani Empire]].<ref name="islamicvoice.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.islamicvoice.com/august.99/tippu.htm|title=Islamic Voice|work=islamicvoice.com|access-date=16 August 2011|archive-date=5 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111005002119/http://www.islamicvoice.com/august.99/tippu.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>]]Mughal Empire | ||
Both Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan owed nominal allegiance to the [[Mughal Emperor]] [[Shah Alam II]]; both were described as [[Nabob]]s by the [[British East India Company]] in all existing treaties. But unlike the [[Nawab of Carnatic]], they did not acknowledge the overlordship of the [[Nizam of Hyderabad]].{{sfn|Brittlebank|1999}} | Both Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan owed nominal allegiance to the [[Mughal Emperor]] [[Shah Alam II]]; both were described as [[Nabob]]s by the [[British East India Company]] in all existing treaties. But unlike the [[Nawab of Carnatic]], they did not acknowledge the overlordship of the [[Nizam of Hyderabad]].{{sfn|Brittlebank|1999}} | ||
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Tipu Sultan was the master of his own diplomacy with foreign nations, in his quest to rid India of the [[East India Company]] and to ensure the international strength of [[France]]. Like his father before him he fought battles on behalf of foreign nations which were not in the best interests of Shah Alam II. | Tipu Sultan was the master of his own diplomacy with foreign nations, in his quest to rid India of the [[East India Company]] and to ensure the international strength of [[France]]. Like his father before him he fought battles on behalf of foreign nations which were not in the best interests of Shah Alam II. | ||
After [[Ghulam Kadir|Ghulam Qadir]] had Shah Alam II blinded on 10 August 1788, Tipu Sultan is believed to have broken into tears.<ref>{{Cite | After [[Ghulam Kadir|Ghulam Qadir]] had Shah Alam II blinded on 10 August 1788, Tipu Sultan is believed to have broken into tears.<ref>{{Cite book | url = https://archive.org/details/dli.bengal.10689.12717 | quote = plight. | title = Secret correspondence of Tipu Sultan | publisher = Light and Life Publishers | last1 = Kausar | first1 = Kabir | year = 1980}}</ref>{{page needed|date=September 2022}} | ||
[[File:The storming of Seringapatam - John Vendramini, 1802 - BL P779.jpg|thumb|Tipu Sultan's forces during the [[Siege of Seringapatam (1799)|Siege of Srirangapatna]].]] | [[File:The storming of Seringapatam - John Vendramini, 1802 - BL P779.jpg|thumb|Tipu Sultan's forces during the [[Siege of Seringapatam (1799)|Siege of Srirangapatna]].]] | ||
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Like his father before him, Tipu Sultan maintained friendly relations with [[Mohammad Ali Khan Zand|Mohammad Ali Khan]], ruler of the [[Zand Dynasty]] in [[Persia]]. Tipu Sultan also maintained correspondence with [[Hamad bin Said]], the ruler of the [[Sultanate of Oman]].<ref>{{Cite book | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=QxtpQSa1DXgC&q=tipu+sultan+oman&pg=PA214 | title = Trade and Empire in Muscat and Zanzibar: The Roots of British Domination | isbn = 978-0-415-07997-6 | last1 = Bhacker | first1 = Mohmed Reda | year = 1992}}</ref> | Like his father before him, Tipu Sultan maintained friendly relations with [[Mohammad Ali Khan Zand|Mohammad Ali Khan]], ruler of the [[Zand Dynasty]] in [[Persia]]. Tipu Sultan also maintained correspondence with [[Hamad bin Said]], the ruler of the [[Sultanate of Oman]].<ref>{{Cite book | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=QxtpQSa1DXgC&q=tipu+sultan+oman&pg=PA214 | title = Trade and Empire in Muscat and Zanzibar: The Roots of British Domination | isbn = 978-0-415-07997-6 | last1 = Bhacker | first1 = Mohmed Reda | year = 1992}}</ref> | ||
'''Qing China''' | |||
Tipu’s and Mysore’s tryst with silk began in the early 1780s when he received an ambassador from the [[Qing dynasty|Qing dynasty-ruled China]] at his court. The ambassador presented him with a silk cloth. Tipu was said to be enchanted by the item to such an extent that he resolved to introduce its production in his kingdom. He sent a return journey to China, which returned after twelve years.<ref>{{Cite web |title=A sultan's silken dreams |url=https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/economy/a-sultan-s-silken-dreams-51808 |access-date=2022-08-21 |website=www.downtoearth.org.in |language=en}}</ref> | |||
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Polyandry in Kerala was prohibited by Tipu Sultan. He passed a decree for all women to cover their breasts, which was not practised in Kerala in the previous era.<ref name="REMiller">{{cite book |last1=Miller |first1=Rolland E |title=Mappila Muslim Culture |date=27 April 2015 |page=34 |isbn=9781438456027 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XjSzCAAAQBAJ&q=history%20of%20india%2C%20miller&pg=PA34 |access-date=28 March 2020}}</ref><ref name="Sastri270">{{cite book |last1=Sastri |first1=K.N.V |title=Moral Laws under Tipu Sultan |date=1943 |publisher=Indian History Congress |page=270 |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.100038/page/n292 |access-date=25 August 2019}}</ref> | Polyandry in Kerala was prohibited by Tipu Sultan. He passed a decree for all women to cover their breasts, which was not practised in Kerala in the previous era.<ref name="REMiller">{{cite book |last1=Miller |first1=Rolland E |title=Mappila Muslim Culture |date=27 April 2015 |page=34 |isbn=9781438456027 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XjSzCAAAQBAJ&q=history%20of%20india%2C%20miller&pg=PA34 |access-date=28 March 2020}}</ref><ref name="Sastri270">{{cite book |last1=Sastri |first1=K.N.V |title=Moral Laws under Tipu Sultan |date=1943 |publisher=Indian History Congress |page=270 |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.100038/page/n292 |access-date=25 August 2019}}</ref> | ||
===Religious policy=== | ===Religious policy=== | ||
On a personal level, Tipu was a devout Muslim, saying his prayers daily and paying special attention to mosques in the area.<ref>{{Cite journal |jstor = 4397149|title = Tipu Sultan: Giving 'The Devil' His Due|journal = Economic and Political Weekly|volume = 25|issue = 52|pages = 2835–2837|last1 = Yadav|first1 = Bhupendra|year = 1990}}</ref> | On a personal level, Tipu was a devout Muslim, saying his prayers daily and paying special attention to mosques in the area.<ref>{{Cite journal |jstor = 4397149|title = Tipu Sultan: Giving 'The Devil' His Due|journal = Economic and Political Weekly|volume = 25|issue = 52|pages = 2835–2837|last1 = Yadav|first1 = Bhupendra|year = 1990}}</ref> Regular endowments were made during this period to about 156 Hindu temples,<ref name="chetty2">A. Subbaraya Chetty "Tipu's endowments to Hindus and Hindu institutions" in [[#Confronting|''Confronting Colonialism'']]</ref> including the famed [[Ranganathaswamy Temple, Srirangapatna|Ranganathaswami Temple]] at [[Srirangapatna]].<ref name="pande">{{cite book|title=Aurangzeb and Tipu Sultan: Evaluation of Their Religious Policies|author=Pande, B. N. |publisher=[[University of Michigan]]|year=1996|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FgbXAAAAMAAJ|isbn=9788185220383}}</ref> Many sources mention the appointment of Hindu officers in Tipu's administration{{sfn|Hasan|2005|pp=357–358}} and his land grants and endowments to Hindu temples,<ref name="padiga3">[[#Confronting|''Confronting Colonialism'']], p. 118</ref><ref name="A. Subbaraya Chetty 2002">A. Subbaraya Chetty, "Tipu's endowments to Hindus", pp. 111–115 in [[#Confronting|''Confronting Colonialism'']].</ref>{{sfn|Hasan|2005|p=360}} which are cited as evidence for his religious tolerance. | ||
His religious legacy has become a source of considerable controversy in India, with some groups (including Christians<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HMoP4lsmGXoC&pg=PA30|title=The Chaldean Syrian Church of the East|publisher=ISPCK|page=30|year=1983}}</ref> and even Muslims) proclaiming him a great warrior for the faith or ''Ghazi''{{sfn|Brittlebank|1999|pp=1-3}}<ref name="rpersecutor1">{{Cite book | last = Valath | first = V. V. K. | title = Keralathile Sthacharithrangal – Thrissur Jilla | year = 1981 | publisher = Kerala Sahithya Academy | language = ml | pages = 74–79}}</ref> for both religious and political reasons.<ref name="pande"/> Various sources describe the massacres,<ref>{{cite book|title=Tipu Sultan: Villain Or Hero? : an Anthology|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bk5uAAAAMAAJ|year=1993|publisher=Voice of India|isbn=978-81-85990-08-8|last1=Goel|first1=Sita Ram}}</ref> imprisonment<ref name="acc">{{Citation | His religious legacy has become a source of considerable controversy in India, with some groups (including Christians<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HMoP4lsmGXoC&pg=PA30|title=The Chaldean Syrian Church of the East|publisher=ISPCK|page=30|year=1983}}</ref> and even Muslims) proclaiming him a great warrior for the faith or ''Ghazi''{{sfn|Brittlebank|1999|pp=1-3}}<ref name="rpersecutor1">{{Cite book | last = Valath | first = V. V. K. | title = Keralathile Sthacharithrangal – Thrissur Jilla | year = 1981 | publisher = Kerala Sahithya Academy | language = ml | pages = 74–79}}</ref> for both religious and political reasons.<ref name="pande"/> Various sources describe the massacres,<ref>{{cite book|title=Tipu Sultan: Villain Or Hero? : an Anthology|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bk5uAAAAMAAJ|year=1993|publisher=Voice of India|isbn=978-81-85990-08-8|last1=Goel|first1=Sita Ram}}</ref> imprisonment<ref name="acc">{{Citation | ||
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|publisher= Church History Association of India | |publisher= Church History Association of India | ||
}}</ref> and forced conversion<ref name=cariappa>{{citation |last1=Cariappa |first1=M. P. |last2=Cariappa |first2=Ponnamma |title=The Coorgs and their Origins |publisher=Aakar Books |year=1981 |oclc=641505186|page=48}}</ref> of Hindus ([[Captivity of Kodavas at Seringapatam|Kodavas of Coorg]], [[Captivity of Nairs at Seringapatam|Nairs of Malabar]]) and Christians ([[Captivity of Mangalorean Catholics at Seringapatam|Catholics of Mangalore]]), the destruction of churches<ref name="Lobo2">[https://archive.today/ | }}</ref> and forced conversion<ref name=cariappa>{{citation |last1=Cariappa |first1=M. P. |last2=Cariappa |first2=Ponnamma |title=The Coorgs and their Origins |publisher=Aakar Books |year=1981 |oclc=641505186|page=48}}</ref> of Hindus ([[Captivity of Kodavas at Seringapatam|Kodavas of Coorg]], [[Captivity of Nairs at Seringapatam|Nairs of Malabar]]) and Christians ([[Captivity of Mangalorean Catholics at Seringapatam|Catholics of Mangalore]]), the destruction of churches<ref name="Lobo2">[https://archive.today/2014.08.29-175532/http://portal.kinnigoli.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28:sarasvatis-chi. Sarasvati's Children] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221206081443/https://archive.ph/2014.08.29-175532/http://portal.kinnigoli.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28:sarasvatis-chi. |date=6 December 2022 }}, Joe Lobo</ref> and temples, and the clamping down on Muslims ([[Mappila|Mappila of Kerala]], the [[Mahdavia]] Muslims, the [[Savanur State|rulers of Savanur]] and the people of [[Hyderabad State]]), which are sometimes cited as evidence for his intolerance. | ||
====British accounts==== | ====British accounts==== | ||
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In light of this and other events, historian B. A. Saletare has described Tipu Sultan as a defender of the Hindu [[dharma]], who also patronised other temples including one at Melkote, for which he issued a Kannada decree that the Shrivaishnava invocatory verses there should be recited in the traditional form.<ref name='tipu defender of Hindu faith'>Saletare, B.A. "Tipu Sultan as Defender of the Hindu Dharma", pp. 116–8 in [[#Confronting|''Confronting Colonialism'']]</ref> The temple at Melkote still has gold and silver vessels with inscriptions indicating that they were presented by the Sultan. Tipu Sultan also presented four silver cups to the Lakshmikanta Temple at Kalale.<ref name='tipu defender of Hindu faith'/> Tipu Sultan does seem to have repossessed unauthorised grants of land made to [[Brahmin]]s and temples, but those which had proper ''sanads'' (certificates) were not. It was a normal practice for any ruler, Muslim or Hindu, on his accession or on the conquest of new territory. | In light of this and other events, historian B. A. Saletare has described Tipu Sultan as a defender of the Hindu [[dharma]], who also patronised other temples including one at Melkote, for which he issued a Kannada decree that the Shrivaishnava invocatory verses there should be recited in the traditional form.<ref name='tipu defender of Hindu faith'>Saletare, B.A. "Tipu Sultan as Defender of the Hindu Dharma", pp. 116–8 in [[#Confronting|''Confronting Colonialism'']]</ref> The temple at Melkote still has gold and silver vessels with inscriptions indicating that they were presented by the Sultan. Tipu Sultan also presented four silver cups to the Lakshmikanta Temple at Kalale.<ref name='tipu defender of Hindu faith'/> Tipu Sultan does seem to have repossessed unauthorised grants of land made to [[Brahmin]]s and temples, but those which had proper ''sanads'' (certificates) were not. It was a normal practice for any ruler, Muslim or Hindu, on his accession or on the conquest of new territory. | ||
====Persecution of | ====Persecution of [[Kodava people|Kodavas]] outside Mysore==== | ||
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The battles between Kodavas and Tippu Sultan is one of the most bitter rivalries in South India. There were repeated attempts to capture Kodagu by the sultan and his father [[Hyder Ali]] before him. The primary reason for Sultan's interest in Kodagu was that annexing Kodagu would provide access to Mangalore port. The Kodavas knew their lands and mountains very well which made them excellent at guerrilla warfare. Kodavas were outnumbered 3 to 1 in most of Tippu's attempts to annex Kodagu but they managed to beat back Tippu most of the times by drawing his army towards hilly regions of their land. On few occasions Tippu's army managed to reach Madikeri (Capital of Kodagu) but the Kodavas always ambushed the contingent left behind by Tippu. Kodavas refusal to bow to the sultan was primarily because throughout their history they enjoyed independence, though there were Rajahs ruling over them, governance of the land mainly rested with Kodavas. After capturing Kodagu on another occasion, Tippu proclaimed, "If you ever dare to ambush my men again, I will honor everyone of you with Islam", undeterred, the resilient Kodavas ambushed his men yet again and drove them back to Mysore. By now Tippu realised conventional warfare would never yield him Kodagu. He devised a plan to annex Kodagu by offering his friendship. His offer of friendship was welcomed by Kodavas as the battles with the Sultan over the years had cost them dearly. When Kodavas welcomed Sultan to their land in the name of friendship, the Sultan and his men attacked them and took thousands as prisoners. --> | The battles between Kodavas and Tippu Sultan is one of the most bitter rivalries in South India. There were repeated attempts to capture Kodagu by the sultan and his father [[Hyder Ali]] before him. The primary reason for Sultan's interest in Kodagu was that annexing Kodagu would provide access to Mangalore port. The Kodavas knew their lands and mountains very well which made them excellent at guerrilla warfare. Kodavas were outnumbered 3 to 1 in most of Tippu's attempts to annex Kodagu but they managed to beat back Tippu most of the times by drawing his army towards hilly regions of their land. On few occasions Tippu's army managed to reach Madikeri (Capital of Kodagu) but the Kodavas always ambushed the contingent left behind by Tippu. Kodavas refusal to bow to the sultan was primarily because throughout their history they enjoyed independence, though there were Rajahs ruling over them, governance of the land mainly rested with Kodavas. After capturing Kodagu on another occasion, Tippu proclaimed, "If you ever dare to ambush my men again, I will honor everyone of you with Islam", undeterred, the resilient Kodavas ambushed his men yet again and drove them back to Mysore. By now Tippu realised conventional warfare would never yield him Kodagu. He devised a plan to annex Kodagu by offering his friendship. His offer of friendship was welcomed by Kodavas as the battles with the Sultan over the years had cost them dearly. When Kodavas welcomed Sultan to their land in the name of friendship, the Sultan and his men attacked them and took thousands as prisoners. --> | ||
Tipu got Runmust Khan, the ''[[Kurnool|Nawab of Kurnool]]'', to launch a surprise attack upon the [[Kodava people|Kodavas]] who were besieged by the invading Muslim army. 500 were killed and over 40,000 Kodavas fled to the woods and concealed themselves in the mountains.{{sfn|Prabhu|1999|p=223}} Thousands of Kodavas were seized along with the Raja and held captive at Seringapatam.<ref name=cariappa/> | Tipu got Runmust Khan, the ''[[Kurnool|Nawab of Kurnool]]'', to launch a surprise attack upon the [[Kodava people|Kodavas]] who were besieged by the invading Muslim army. 500 were killed and over 40,000 Kodavas fled to the woods and concealed themselves in the mountains.{{sfn|Prabhu|1999|p=223}} Thousands of Kodavas were seized along with the Raja and held captive at Seringapatam.<ref name=cariappa/> | ||
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{{blockquote|"We proceeded with the utmost speed, and, at once, made prisoners of 40,000 occasion-seeking and sedition-exciting [[Kodava people|Kodavas]], who alarmed at the approach of our victorious army, had slunk into woods, and concealed themselves in lofty mountains, inaccessible even to birds. Then carrying them away from their native country (the native place of sedition) we raised them to the honour of Islam, and incorporated them into our | {{blockquote|"We proceeded with the utmost speed, and, at once, made prisoners of 40,000 occasion-seeking and sedition-exciting [[Kodava people|Kodavas]], who alarmed at the approach of our victorious army, had slunk into woods, and concealed themselves in lofty mountains, inaccessible even to birds. Then carrying them away from their native country (the native place of sedition) we raised them to the honour of Islam, and incorporated them into our Ahmedy corps." | ||
<ref>{{cite book|last=Sultan|first=Tipu|title=Select letters of Tippoo Sultan to various public functionaries|publisher=Black|year=1811|location=London|page=[https://archive.org/details/selectlettersoft00tipu/page/228 228]|url=https://archive.org/details/selectlettersoft00tipu}}</ref>}} | <ref>{{cite book|last=Sultan|first=Tipu|title=Select letters of Tippoo Sultan to various public functionaries|publisher=Black|year=1811|location=London|page=[https://archive.org/details/selectlettersoft00tipu/page/228 228]|url=https://archive.org/details/selectlettersoft00tipu}}</ref>}} | ||
==The coinage system== | ==The coinage system== | ||
The coinage of Tipu Sultan is one of most complex and fascinating series struck in India during the 18th century. Local South India coinage had been struck in the area that became [[Mysore]] since ancient times, with the first gold coinage introduced about the 11th century (the elephant [[Pagoda (coin)|pagoda]]), and other pagodas continuing through the following centuries. These [[Pagoda (coin)|pagoda]] were always in the South Indian style until the reign of [[Hyder Ali|Haidar Ali]] (1761–1782), who added pagodas with Persian legends, plus a few very rare gold mohurs and silver rupees, always in the name of the [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] emperor [[Shah Alam II]] plus the Arabic letter "ح" as the first letter of his name. His successor, Tipu Sultan, continued to issue [[Pagoda (coin)|pagodas]], mohurs and [[rupee]]s, with legends that were completely new. As for copper, the new large [[paisa]] was commenced by Haidar Ali in AH1195, two years before his death, with the elephant on the obverse, the mint on the reverse, and was continued throughout the reign of Tipu Sultan, who added other denominations. Tipu Sultan introduced a set of new [[Persian language|Persian]] names for the various denominations, which appear on all of the gold and silver coins and on some of the copper. They were: | [[File:Double paisa of Tipu Sultan.jpg|thumb|Among his many innovations, Tipu introduced new coin denominations and new coin types, including this handsome copper double paisa weighing over 23 gm. The coin on the left also contains the emblem of the [[Kingdom of Mysore|Sultanate of Mysore]].]] | ||
[[File:Mysore AV Fanam. AM 1218 (AD 1790-1791). Tipu Sultan. vz - MA-Shops.jpg|thumb|A gold coin issued by the Kingdom of Mysore during the reign of the Tipu Sultan.]] | |||
The coinage of Tipu Sultan is one of the most complex and fascinating series struck in India during the 18th century. Local South India coinage had been struck in the area that became [[Mysore]] since ancient times, with the first gold coinage introduced about the 11th century (the elephant [[Pagoda (coin)|pagoda]]), and other pagodas continuing through the following centuries. These [[Pagoda (coin)|pagoda]] were always in the South Indian style until the reign of [[Hyder Ali|Haidar Ali]] (1761–1782), who added pagodas with Persian legends, plus a few very rare gold mohurs and silver rupees, always in the name of the [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] emperor [[Shah Alam II]] plus the Arabic letter "ح" as the first letter of his name. His successor, Tipu Sultan, continued to issue [[Pagoda (coin)|pagodas]], mohurs and [[rupee]]s, with legends that were completely new. As for copper, the new large [[paisa]] was commenced by Haidar Ali in AH1195, two years before his death, with the elephant on the obverse, the mint on the reverse, and was continued throughout the reign of Tipu Sultan, who added other denominations. Tipu Sultan introduced a set of new [[Persian language|Persian]] names for the various denominations, which appear on all of the gold and silver coins and on some of the copper. They were: | |||
'''Copper''': Qutb "قطب" for the 1/8 paisa ([[Persian language|Persian]] for the [[pole star]]) – Akhtar "اختر" for the 1/4 paisa (star) – Bahram "بهرام" for the 1/2 paisa (the planet [[Mars]]) – Zohra "زهره" for the paisa (the planet [[Venus]]) – either Othmani "عثمانی" for the double-paisa ([[Uthman|the third caliph]] of the Rashidun) or Mushtari "مشتری" (the planet [[Jupiter]]). | '''Copper''': Qutb "قطب" for the 1/8 paisa ([[Persian language|Persian]] for the [[pole star]]) – Akhtar "اختر" for the 1/4 paisa (star) – Bahram "بهرام" for the 1/2 paisa (the planet [[Mars]]) – Zohra "زهره" for the paisa (the planet [[Venus]]) – either Othmani "عثمانی" for the double-paisa ([[Uthman|the third caliph]] of the Rashidun) or Mushtari "مشتری" (the planet [[Jupiter]]). | ||
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===Coinage dating system=== | ===Coinage dating system=== | ||
[[File:Coin of Tipu Sultan.jpg|left|thumb|2 gold Two [[Pagoda (coin)|Pagoda]] Coins issued by tipu Sultan ]] | |||
The denomination does not appear on the [[Islamic calendar|Hijri]] dated gold coins, but was added on all the Mauludi dated pieces. | The denomination does not appear on the [[Islamic calendar|Hijri]] dated gold coins, but was added on all the Mauludi dated pieces. | ||
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==Assessment and legacy== | ==Assessment and legacy== | ||
[[File: | [[File:Tipu Sultan, Death Place.jpg|thumb|The spot in [[Srirangapatna]] where Tipu's body was found|left]] | ||
Assessments of Tipu Sultan have often been passionate and divided. Successive [[Indian National Congress]] governments have often celebrated Tipu Sultan's memory and monuments and relics of his rule while the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] has been largely critical. School and college textbooks in India officially recognize him as a "freedom-fighter" along with many other rulers of the 18th century who fought European powers.<ref name="textbooks">{{cite news |last1=Moudgal |first1=Sandeep |title=Tipu Sultan history lessons can't be erased, says textbook committee chairman |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/tipu-sultan-history-lessons-cant-be-erased-says-textbook-committee-chairman/articleshow/71845989.cms |date=1 November 2019|work=The Times of India }}</ref> The original copy of the [[Constitution of India]] bears a painting of Tipu Sultan.<ref>{{cite web|last=Ramdas|first=Inayat|date=27 January 2016|title=Bet You Didn't Know All This About the Indian Constitution!|url=https://www.thequint.com/news/india/bet-you-didnt-know-all-this-about-the-indian-constitution|access-date=27 September 2020|website=TheQuint|language=en}}</ref> | Assessments of Tipu Sultan have often been passionate and divided. Successive [[Indian National Congress]] governments have often celebrated Tipu Sultan's memory and monuments and relics of his rule while the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] has been largely critical. School and college textbooks in India officially recognize him as a "freedom-fighter" along with many other rulers of the 18th century who fought European powers.<ref name="textbooks">{{cite news |last1=Moudgal |first1=Sandeep |title=Tipu Sultan history lessons can't be erased, says textbook committee chairman |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/tipu-sultan-history-lessons-cant-be-erased-says-textbook-committee-chairman/articleshow/71845989.cms |date=1 November 2019|work=The Times of India }}</ref> The original copy of the [[Constitution of India]] bears a painting of Tipu Sultan.<ref>{{cite web|last=Ramdas|first=Inayat|date=27 January 2016|title=Bet You Didn't Know All This About the Indian Constitution!|url=https://www.thequint.com/news/india/bet-you-didnt-know-all-this-about-the-indian-constitution|access-date=27 September 2020|website=TheQuint|language=en}}</ref> | ||
The 14th | The 14th Indian president [[Ram Nath Kovind]] hailed Tipu Sultan in his address to the Karnataka Assembly on the occasion of the Diamond Jubilee celebrations of the state secretariat [[Vidhana Soudha]] saying “Tipu Sultan died a heroic death fighting the British. He was also a pioneer in the development and use of Mysore rockets in warfare. This technology was later adopted by the Europeans.“<ref>{{Cite news|last=Aji|first=Sowmya|title=President Ram Nath Kovind hails Tipu Sultan, sparks war of words between Congress and BJP|work=The Economic Times|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/president-ram-nath-kovind-hails-tipu-sultan-sparks-war-of-words-between-congress-and-bjp/articleshow/61226875.cms|date=26 October 2017}}</ref> | ||
Tipu Sultan is also admired as a hero in [[Pakistan]]. [[Prime Minister of Pakistan| | Tipu Sultan is also admired as a hero in [[Pakistan]]. Former [[Prime Minister of Pakistan|Pakistani Prime Minister]] [[Imran Khan]] has said that he admires Tipu Sultan as a freedom fighter.<ref>{{cite news|title=Pakistan PM Imran pays tribute to Tipu Sultan on his death anniversary|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/pakistan-pm-imran-pays-tribute-to-tipu-sultan-on-his-death-anniversary/article27039000.ece|work=The Hindu|date=5 May 2019}}</ref> | ||
Tipu also patronised art forms such as [[Ganjifa]] cards, effectively saving this art form.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Untitled|url=http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:2WmXj2E9RhEJ:ccrt.addsofttech.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Living-of-Tradition-Tribal-Painting.pdf+&cd=13&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=in|access-date=2022-02-16|website=webcache.googleusercontent.com}}</ref> Ganjifa card of Mysore have the GI Tag today.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Geographical Indications|url=https://search.ipindia.gov.in/GIRPublic/Application/Details/60}}</ref> | Tipu also patronised art forms such as [[Ganjifa]] cards, effectively saving this art form.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Untitled|url=http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:2WmXj2E9RhEJ:ccrt.addsofttech.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Living-of-Tradition-Tribal-Painting.pdf+&cd=13&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=in|access-date=2022-02-16|website=webcache.googleusercontent.com}}</ref> Ganjifa card of Mysore have the GI Tag today.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Geographical Indications|url=https://search.ipindia.gov.in/GIRPublic/Application/Details/60}}</ref> | ||
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[[File:Tipu Sultan's Tiger.JPG|thumb|right|[[Tipu's Tiger|Tipu Sultan's Tiger]]. [[Victoria and Albert Museum]], London]] | [[File:Tipu Sultan's Tiger.JPG|thumb|right|[[Tipu's Tiger|Tipu Sultan's Tiger]]. [[Victoria and Albert Museum]], London]] | ||
[[File:Inscribed Sword of Tipu Sultan.jpg|thumb|Sword of Tipu Sultan[[National Museum, New Delhi|National Museum]], [[New Delhi]]]] | |||
Tipu Sultan had lost his sword in a war with the [[Nair]]s of [[Travancore]] during the [[Battle of the Nedumkotta|Battle of the Nedumkotta (1789)]], in which he was forced to withdraw due to the severe joint attack from the Travancore army and British army.<ref>{{cite news|date=3 May 2011|title=The swords of Tipu Sultan|work=[[The Hindu]]|url=http://www.hindu.com/2011/05/03/stories/2011050362330300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110509010059/http://www.hindu.com/2011/05/03/stories/2011050362330300.htm|archive-date=9 May 2011}}</ref> The [[Nair Brigade|Nair army]] under the leadership of [[Raja Kesavadas]] again defeated the army of Tipu near Aluva. The Maharaja, [[Dharma Raja]], gave the famous sword to the Nawab of [[Arcot]], from whom the sword was taken as a war trophy by the British after annexing Arcot and sent to London. The sword was on display at the Wallace Collection, No. 1 Manchester Square, London. | Tipu Sultan had lost his sword in a war with the [[Nair]]s of [[Travancore]] during the [[Battle of the Nedumkotta|Battle of the Nedumkotta (1789)]], in which he was forced to withdraw due to the severe joint attack from the Travancore army and British army.<ref>{{cite news|date=3 May 2011|title=The swords of Tipu Sultan|work=[[The Hindu]]|url=http://www.hindu.com/2011/05/03/stories/2011050362330300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110509010059/http://www.hindu.com/2011/05/03/stories/2011050362330300.htm|archive-date=9 May 2011}}</ref> The [[Nair Brigade|Nair army]] under the leadership of [[Raja Kesavadas]] again defeated the army of Tipu near Aluva. The Maharaja, [[Dharma Raja]], gave the famous sword to the Nawab of [[Arcot]], from whom the sword was taken as a war trophy by the British after annexing Arcot and sent to London. The sword was on display at the Wallace Collection, No. 1 Manchester Square, London. | ||
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* Tipu's life and adventures were the central theme of a short-running [[South Indian]] television series ''The Adventures of Tipu Sultan'', and of a more popular national television series ''[[The Sword of Tipu Sultan (TV serial)|The Sword of Tipu Sultan]]'' based on a historical novel by Bhagwan Gidwani.<ref name="pod">{{cite web|author=Swaminathan, Chitra|title=The return of the Sultan|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2006/05/20/stories/2006052000080200.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090804095954/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2006/05/20/stories/2006052000080200.htm|url-status=usurped|archive-date=4 August 2009|work=Online edition of The Hindu, dated 2006-05-20|accessdate=17 August 2007}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Khosla|first=G. D.|date=1977|title=Review of The Sword of Tipu Sultan|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/23001501|journal=India International Centre Quarterly|volume=4|issue=2|pages=214–216|jstor=23001501|issn=0376-9771}}</ref> | * Tipu's life and adventures were the central theme of a short-running [[South Indian]] television series ''The Adventures of Tipu Sultan'', and of a more popular national television series ''[[The Sword of Tipu Sultan (TV serial)|The Sword of Tipu Sultan]]'' based on a historical novel by Bhagwan Gidwani.<ref name="pod">{{cite web|author=Swaminathan, Chitra|title=The return of the Sultan|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2006/05/20/stories/2006052000080200.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090804095954/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2006/05/20/stories/2006052000080200.htm|url-status=usurped|archive-date=4 August 2009|work=Online edition of The Hindu, dated 2006-05-20|accessdate=17 August 2007}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Khosla|first=G. D.|date=1977|title=Review of The Sword of Tipu Sultan|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/23001501|journal=India International Centre Quarterly|volume=4|issue=2|pages=214–216|jstor=23001501|issn=0376-9771}}</ref> | ||
*''[[The Dreams of Tipu Sultan]]'' is a 1997 play written in Kannada by Indian writer [[Girish Karnad]]. It follows the last days as well as the historic moments in the life of Tipu, through the eyes of an Indian court historian and a British Oriental scholar. | *''[[The Dreams of Tipu Sultan]]'' is a 1997 play written in Kannada by Indian writer [[Girish Karnad]]. It follows the last days as well as the historic moments in the life of Tipu, through the eyes of an Indian court historian and a British Oriental scholar. | ||
* ''[[Tipu Sultan: The Tiger Lord]]'' is a Pakistani television series that broadcast on [[Pakistan Television Corporation|PTV]] in 1997, deals with the life of Sultan. | |||
* [[Naseem Hijazi]]'s novels ''Muazam Ali'' and ''Aur Talvar Ṭūṭ Gaye'' (''And The Sword Broke'') describe Tipu's wars. | * [[Naseem Hijazi]]'s novels ''Muazam Ali'' and ''Aur Talvar Ṭūṭ Gaye'' (''And The Sword Broke'') describe Tipu's wars. | ||
* [[Wilkie Collins]]'s novel ''[[The Moonstone]]'' contains an account of Tipu and the fall of [[Srirangapatna]] in the prologue. | * [[Wilkie Collins]]'s novel ''[[The Moonstone]]'' contains an account of Tipu and the fall of [[Srirangapatna]] in the prologue. | ||
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==Family== | ==Family== | ||
[[File:Gumbaz.jpg|thumb|right|The mausoleum housing Tipu's tomb is another example of [[Islamic architecture]]. Tipu's flag is in the foreground.]] | [[File:Gumbaz.jpg|thumb|right|The mausoleum housing Tipu's tomb is another example of [[Islamic architecture]]. Tipu's flag is in the foreground.]] | ||
[[File:Tipu tomb.jpg|thumb|right|The tomb of Tipu Sultan at Srirangapatna. Tipu's tomb is adjacent to his mother's and father's graves.]] | [[File:Tipu tomb.jpg|thumb|right|The tomb of Tipu Sultan at Srirangapatna. Tipu's tomb is adjacent to his mother's and father's graves.]] | ||
Tipu had several wives.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Howes |first=Jennifer |date=October 2021 |title=Tipu Sultan's female entourage under East India Company rule |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-the-royal-asiatic-society/article/abs/tipu-sultans-female-entourage-under-east-india-company-rule/D60AA908187F73DCDBC3F2EDAA235CE5 |journal=Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society |language=en |volume=31 |issue=4 |pages=855–874 |doi=10.1017/S135618632000067X |s2cid=229455847 |issn=1356-1863}}</ref> One of them, ''Sindh Sahiba'', was quite renowned for her beauty and intelligence and whose grandson was ''Sahib Sindh Sultan'' also known as His Highness Shahzada Sayyid walShareef Ahmed Halim-az-Zaman Khan Sultan Sahib. Tipu's family was sent to Calcutta by the British. Many other descendants continue to live in [[Kolkata]]. | Tipu Sultan's paternal family line claims descent from Muhammad, hence why their name's contain [[Sayyid]] and Wal [[Sharif]]. | ||
Tipu had several wives.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Howes |first=Jennifer |date=October 2021 |title=Tipu Sultan's female entourage under East India Company rule |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-the-royal-asiatic-society/article/abs/tipu-sultans-female-entourage-under-east-india-company-rule/D60AA908187F73DCDBC3F2EDAA235CE5 |journal=Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society |language=en |volume=31 |issue=4 |pages=855–874 |doi=10.1017/S135618632000067X |s2cid=229455847 |issn=1356-1863}}</ref> One of them, ''Sindh Sahiba'', was quite renowned for her beauty and intelligence and whose grandson was ''Sahib Sindh Sultan'' also known as His Highness Shahzada Sayyid walShareef Ahmed Halim-az-Zaman Khan Sultan Sahib. Tipu's family was sent to Calcutta by the British. Many other descendants continue to live in [[Kolkata]] and have expressed objection to use of Tipu Sultan's name by political parties for polarising votes.<ref>{{cite news |title=Descendent objects to use of Tipu Sultan’s name for polarising votes {{!}} News - Times of India Videos |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/news/descendent-objects-to-use-of-tipu-sultans-name-for-polarising-votes/videoshow/98128971.cms?from=mdr |work=The Times of India |date=Feb 21, 2023 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Misuse His Name and We'll Sue for Defamation, Say Tipu Sultan's Descendants as Karnataka Poll Heat Rises |url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/misuse-his-name-and-well-sue-for-defamation-say-tipu-sultans-descendants-as-karnataka-poll-heat-rises-7075579.html |work=News18 |date=14 February 2023 |language=en}}</ref> | |||
His sons were: | His sons were: | ||
#[[Shezada Hyder Ali|Shahzada Sayyid Shareef Hyder Ali Khan Sultan]] (1771 – 30 July 1815) | #[[Shezada Hyder Ali|Shahzada Sayyid Shareef Hyder Ali Khan Sultan]] (1771 – 30 July 1815)<ref>{{cite news |title=Karunanidhi to release stamp on Vellore sepoy mutiny |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/karunanidhi-to-release-stamp-on-vellore-sepoy-mutiny/article3102882.ece |work=The Hindu |date=9 July 2006 |language=en-IN}}</ref> | ||
#Shahzada Sayyid walShareef Abdul Khaliq Khan Sultan (1782 – 12 September 1806) | #Shahzada Sayyid walShareef Abdul Khaliq Khan Sultan (1782 – 12 September 1806) | ||
#Shahzada Sayyid walShareef Muhi-ud-din Ali Khan Sultan (1782 – 30 September 1811) | #Shahzada Sayyid walShareef Muhi-ud-din Ali Khan Sultan (1782 – 30 September 1811) | ||
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#Shahzada Sayyid walShareef Muhammad Jamal-ud-din Khan Sultan (1795 – 13 November 1842) | #Shahzada Sayyid walShareef Muhammad Jamal-ud-din Khan Sultan (1795 – 13 November 1842) | ||
#Shahzada Sayyid walShareef Munir-ud-din Khan Sultan (1795 – 1 December 1837) | #Shahzada Sayyid walShareef Munir-ud-din Khan Sultan (1795 – 1 December 1837) | ||
# | #Shahzada Sir Sayyid walShareef [[Ghulam Muhammad Sultan Sahib]], [[Order of the Star of India|KCSI]] (March 1795 – 11 August 1872) | ||
#Shahzada Sayyid walShareef Ghulam Ahmad Khan Sultan (1796 – 11 April 1824) | #Shahzada Sayyid walShareef Ghulam Ahmad Khan Sultan (1796 – 11 April 1824) | ||
#Shahzada Sayyid walShareef Hashmath Ali Khan Sultan (expired at birth){{citation needed|date=February 2021}} | #Shahzada Sayyid walShareef Hashmath Ali Khan Sultan (expired at birth){{citation needed|date=February 2021}} | ||
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==Cited sources== | ==Cited sources== | ||
* {{ | * {{cite book |last= Brittlebank |first=Kate |year=1999 |title= Tipu Sultan's Search for Legitimacy |location=Delhi |publisher= Oxford University Press |isbn= 978-0-19-563977-3 |oclc= 246448596}} | ||
* {{Cite EB1911|editor-last=Chisholm |editor-first=Hugh |date=1911 |wstitle= Tippoo Sahib |volume= 26 | page= 1005}} | * {{Cite EB1911|editor-last= Chisholm |editor-first= Hugh |date=1911 |wstitle= Tippoo Sahib |volume= 26 | page=1005}} | ||
*{{cite book|ref=Confronting|editor-last=Habib|editor-first=Irfan |title=Confronting Colonialism: Resistance and Modernization Under Haider Ali and Tipu Sultan (Anthem South Asian Studies)|publisher= Anthem Press|isbn=1-84331-024-4 | * {{Cite book |last= Dalrymple |first= William |year= 2019 |title= The Anarchy: The Relentless Rise of the East India Company |location= New York |publisher= Bloomsbury publishing |type= Hardcover |isbn= 978-1-63557-395-4}} | ||
*{{cite book |ref=Confronting|editor-last=Habib|editor-first=Irfan |year= 2002|title=Confronting Colonialism: Resistance and Modernization Under Haider Ali and Tipu Sultan (Anthem South Asian Studies)|publisher= Anthem Press|isbn=1-84331-024-4}} | |||
*{{citation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hkbJ6xA1_jEC|title=History of Tipu Sultan|last=Hasan|first=Mohibbul|publisher=Aakar Books|year=2005|isbn=978-81-87879-57-2}} | *{{citation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hkbJ6xA1_jEC|title=History of Tipu Sultan|last=Hasan|first=Mohibbul|publisher=Aakar Books|year=2005|isbn=978-81-87879-57-2}} | ||
*{{ | *{{Cite book |last= Prabhu |first= Alan Machado |year= 1999 |title= Sarasvati's Children: A History of the Mangalorean Christians |publisher= I.J.A. Publications |isbn= 978-81-86778-25-8 }} | ||
*{{Cite book |last= Roy |first= Kaushik |year= 2011 |title= War, Culture and Society in Early Modern South Asia, 1740–1849 |isbn= 978-1-136-79087-4 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=zp0FbTniNaYC&pg=PA72}} | |||
*{{ | |||
==Further reading== | ==Further reading== | ||
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* [[:gutenberg:18813|The Tiger of Mysore]] – Dramatised account of the British campaign against Tipu Sultan by [[G. A. Henty]], from [[Project Gutenberg]] | * [[:gutenberg:18813|The Tiger of Mysore]] – Dramatised account of the British campaign against Tipu Sultan by [[G. A. Henty]], from [[Project Gutenberg]] | ||
* [http://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-NN-00003-00075/ Illuminated Qurʾān from the library of Tippoo Ṣāḥib, Cambridge University Digital Library] | * [http://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-NN-00003-00075/ Illuminated Qurʾān from the library of Tippoo Ṣāḥib, Cambridge University Digital Library] | ||
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[[Category:Indian Muslims]] | [[Category:18th-century Indian Muslims]] | ||
[[Category:Kings of Mysore]] | [[Category:Kings of Mysore]] | ||
[[Category:Military personnel from Karnataka]] | [[Category:Military personnel from Karnataka]] |
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