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'''Mir Sadiq''' held the post of a minister in the [[Cabinet (government)|cabinet]] of [[Tipu Sultan]] of [[Mysore]]. In the [[Fourth Anglo-Mysore War]] in 1798–99, he allegedly betrayed Tipu Sultan during the [[Siege of Seringapatam (1799)|Siege of Srirangapatana]], paving the way for a British victory. | '''Mir Sadiq''' held the post of a minister in the [[Cabinet (government)|cabinet]] of [[Tipu Sultan]] of [[Mysore]]. In the [[Fourth Anglo-Mysore War]] in 1798–99, he allegedly betrayed Tipu Sultan during the [[Siege of Seringapatam (1799)|Siege of Srirangapatana]], paving the way for a British victory. He betrayed Tipu, killing Tipu loyalist Ghazi Khan and later arranged to have Tipu trapped behind locked doors.<ref name="Sunderlal 2018 p. 364">{{cite book | last=Sunderlal | first=Pandit | title=How India Lost Her Freedom | publisher=SAGE Publications | year=2018 | isbn=978-93-5280-642-3 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E4lIDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA364 | access-date=20 January 2022 | page=364}}</ref> Sadiq was killed by some of the dismayed Mysorean troops immediately following the defeat as he attempted to go over to welcome the British.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kingdom of Mysore|url=http://www.lib.mq.edu.au/digital/seringapatam/mysoreans.html|website=lib.mq.edu.au|access-date=5 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140311110226/http://www.lib.mq.edu.au/digital/seringapatam/mysoreans.html|archive-date=March 11, 2014}}</ref> | ||
==See also== | |||
* [[Mir Jafar]] | |||
== References == | == References == | ||
Revision as of 15:48, 5 May 2022
Mir Sadiq | |
|---|---|
| Minister in the Cabinet | |
| In office 1780s/1790s – 1799 | |
| Monarch | Tipu Sultan |
| Personal details | |
| Died | 1800s |
Mir Sadiq held the post of a minister in the cabinet of Tipu Sultan of Mysore. In the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War in 1798–99, he allegedly betrayed Tipu Sultan during the Siege of Srirangapatana, paving the way for a British victory. He betrayed Tipu, killing Tipu loyalist Ghazi Khan and later arranged to have Tipu trapped behind locked doors.[1] Sadiq was killed by some of the dismayed Mysorean troops immediately following the defeat as he attempted to go over to welcome the British.[2]
See also
References
- ↑ Sunderlal, Pandit (2018). How India Lost Her Freedom. SAGE Publications. p. 364. ISBN 978-93-5280-642-3. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
- ↑ "Kingdom of Mysore". lib.mq.edu.au. Archived from the original on 11 March 2014. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
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