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Religions > Atheism |
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"maff" |
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04 Jun 2006 08:02:53 AM |
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OT: Tipu Sultan |
Tipu Sultan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tipu_Sultan
Tipu Sultan, also known as The Tiger of Mysore (December 10, 1750,
Devanahalli - May 4, 1799, Srirangapatnam) was the first son of
Haider Ali by his second wife, Fatima or Fakr-un-nissa. He ruled the
Kingdom of Mysore from the time of his father's death in 1782 until his
own demise in 1799. Tipu was a learned man and an able soldier. He was
reputed to be a good poet. He was also a strongly religious man, and
practised the Sunni branch of Islam. He built a church, the first in
Mysore, at the request of the French. He was a noted linguist and
Islamic patriot.
He helped his father Haider Ali defeat the British in the Second Mysore
War, and negotiated the Treaty of Mangalore with them. However, he was
defeated in the Third Anglo-Mysore War and in the Fourth Anglo-Mysore
War by the combined forces of Britain and of Mysore's neighbours. Tipu
Sultan died defending his capital Srirangapatnam (frequently anglicized
to Seringapatam), on May 4, 1799.
Sir Walter Scott, commenting on the abdication of Napoleon Bonaparte in
1814, wrote: 'although I never supposed that he (Napoleon) possessed,
allowing for some difference of education, the liberality of conduct
and political views which were sometimes exhibited by old Haidar Ally,
yet I did think he (Napoleon) might have shown the same resolved and
dogged spirit of resolution with induced Tippoo Saib to die manfully
upon the breach of his capital city with his sabre clenched in his
hand.'
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