Tippu Sultan

Tippu Sultan

▪ sultan of Mysore
also spelled  Tipu Sultan,  also called  Tippu Sahib, or Fateh Ali Tipu,  byname  Tiger Of Mysore 
born 1749, –53?, Devanhalli, India
died May 4, 1799, Seringapatam

      sultan of Mysore, who won fame in the wars of the late 18th century in southern India.

      Tippu was instructed in military tactics by French officers in the employ of his father, Hyder Ali, who was the Muslim ruler of Mysore. In 1767 Tippu commanded a corps of cavalry against the Marāṭhās in the Carnatic region of western India, and he fought against the Marāṭhās on several occasions between 1775 and 1779. During the second Mysore War (Mysore Wars) he defeated Colonel John Brathwaite on the banks of the Coleroon River (February 1782). He succeeded his father in December 1782 and in 1784 concluded peace with the British and assumed the title of sultan of Mysore. In 1789, however, he provoked British invasion by attacking their ally, the raja of Travancore. He held the British at bay for more than two years, but by the Treaty of Seringapatam (March 1792) had to cede half his dominions. He remained restless and unwisely allowed his negotiations with Revolutionary France to become known to the British. On this pretext the governor-general, Lord Mornington (later the marquess of Wellesley), launched the fourth Mysore War. Seringapatam, Tippu's capital, was stormed by British-led forces on May 4, 1799, and Tippu died leading his troops in the breach.

      Tippu was an able general and administrator, and, though a Muslim, he retained the loyalty of his Hindu subjects. He proved cruel to his enemies and lacked the judgment of his father, however.

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