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[[File:Rocket warfare.jpg|thumb|300px|[[Mysorean rockets]] being used by Indian forces against British troops during the [[Second Anglo–Mysore War]] (1780–1784).]] | [[File:Rocket warfare.jpg|thumb|300px|[[Mysorean rockets]] being used by Indian forces against British troops during the [[Second Anglo–Mysore War]] (1780–1784).]] | ||
'''''Fathul Mujahidin''''' is a military manual that was written by Zainul Abedin Shustari at the instruction of [[Tipu Sultan]], the ruler of the [[Kingdom of Mysore]] in [[South India]] considered a pioneer in the use of [[rocket artillery]]. [[Mysore]] started to equip their army with rockets in the 1750s and during the [[Second Anglo–Mysore War]] (1780–1784) Tipu and his father [[Hyder Ali|Haider Ali]] used this technology against British troops.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k8CxJeFzCdQC | '''''Fathul Mujahidin''''' is a military manual that was written by Zainul Abedin Shustari at the instruction of [[Tipu Sultan]], the ruler of the [[Kingdom of Mysore]] in [[South India]] considered a pioneer in the use of [[rocket artillery]]. [[Mysore]] started to equip their army with rockets in the 1750s and during the [[Second Anglo–Mysore War]] (1780–1784) Tipu and his father [[Hyder Ali|Haider Ali]] used this technology against British troops.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k8CxJeFzCdQC&dq=haider+ali+rockets&pg=PA14|title=Rockets and Missiles: The Life Story of a Technology|date=October 2007|last=Van Riper|first=A. Bowdoin|page=14|isbn=9780801887925}}</ref> Tipu Sultan used rockets in battle with the [[British Army]] in the 1792 [[Siege of Seringapatam (1792)|Siege of Srirangapatna]],<ref name="Henty,1902">{{cite book | ||
|title=The Tiger of Mysore - A Story of the War with Tippoo Saib | |title=The Tiger of Mysore - A Story of the War with Tippoo Saib | ||
|last=Henty | |last=Henty |