TIPPOO SAHIB

or Tipu Sahibboth: tĭpˈoo säˈhĭb, 1749–99, Indian ruler, sultan of Mysore (1782–99); son and successor of Haidar Ali. He fought in his father's campaigns against the Marathas and the British but, after his succession, made peace with the British in 1784. His invasion (1789) of Travancore, a state under British protection, provoked war anew, and in 1792 he was defeated by a force under Lord Cornwallis composed of British, Maratha, and Hyderabad troops. He was forced to cede territory. In 1798, Tippoo formed a vague alliance with the French, which gave the British governor-general Lord Wellesley a pretext to invade Mysore in alliance with the nizam of Hyderabad. Tippoo was killed (May, 1799) defending his capital at Shrirangapattana. His kingdom was divided among the victors.

See M. Hasan Khan, History of Tipu Sultan (1951); biography by D. M. Forrest (1970).

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Bonaparte in Egypt
Book by J. Christopher Herold; Harper & Row, 1962
Subjects: Egypt--History--French Occupation, 1798-1801, Napoleon--I--Emperor Of The French--1769-1821--Egyptian Campaign, 1789-1799
...United Irishmen. Meanwhile, concurrently with Bonaparte's expedition to Egypt, relations would be established with Tippoo Sahib, Sultan of Mysore, who was then fighting the English in India, and Talleyrand would go to Constan- tinople on...
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A History of England in the Eighteenth Century - Vol. 5
Book by Willam Edward Hartpole Lecky; Longmans, Green, 1878
Subjects: Great Britain--History--18th Century, Great Britain--Social Life And Customs--18th Century
...206 Dispute with Spain about Nootka Sound 206 War with Tippoo Sahib 208 The Eastern Question. Catherine II 210...
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A Dictionary of the Characters in the Waverley Novels of Sir Walter Scott
Book by M. F. A. Husband; George Routledge and Sons, 1910
Subjects: Scott, Walter--Sir--1771-1832--Dictionaries, Indexes, Etc, Scott, Walter--Sir--1771-1832--Waverley Novels (Boston, Mass.)
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A History of England in the Eighteenth Century - Vol. 8
Book by William Edward Hartpole Lecky; Longmans, Green, and Co., 1890
Subjects: Great Britain--Civilization, Great Britain--History--18th Century, Great Britain--Politics And Government--18th Century, Great Britain--Social Life And Customs
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William Pitt and National Revival
Book by J. Holland Rose; George Bell & Sons, 1911
Subjects: Great Britain--History--George Iii, 1760-1820, Great Britain--Politics And Government--1760-1820, Pitt, William--1759-1806
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"A Stupendous Mirror of Departed Empires": The Barnum Hippodromes and Circuses, 1874-1891
Journal article by Bluford Adams; American Literary History, Vol. 8, 1996
Subjects: American Literature--History And Criticism
...CIVILIZED NATIONS" were ones bearing Muhammad Ali, Tippoo Sahib, and the rulers of Turkey and China ( Philadelphia...remarkable in itself. The Indian chariot alone bore Tippoo Sahib, Aurangzeb, and Dalhousie, the British governor general...


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magazine articles on: Tippoo Sahib  - 2 results

 
 
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Mays Past
Magazine article; History Today, Vol. 49, May 1999
Subjects: India--History, Thailand--History, United Kingdom--History
Mays past Tipu Sultan Killed at Seringapatam May 4th, 1799 Tipu Sultan, the Tiger of Mysore, or Tippoo Sahib as the British called him, was the Indian ruler who resisted the East India Companys conquest of southern India. Public opinion...
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The Theatre of War: Marius Kwint Reveals Long-Standing Connections between the Military and Thespian Worlds
Magazine article by Marius Kwint; History Today, Vol. 53, June 2003
Subjects: Military personnel--Portrayals, depictions, etc., War stories--Analysis
...struggles for British national survival. This, whether against the stereo-typical Oriental despot, as in The Death of Tippoo Sahib; or, the Storming of Seringapatam at Astleys in 1799; or against Jacobin-fomented insurrections of slaves or natives...


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Let Sleeping Stones Lie; Exactly How Does One Establish the Rightful Ownership of the Loot of Thcenturies ?
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), July 4, 1996
...always hanged soldiers he caught at it. When, as a young colonel, he defeated the notorious Tippoo Sahib, a local Indian tyrant and mass murderer, Tippoos sword and tent fell into his hands. But these were fair spoils of war and he kept them - today...


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encyclopedia articles on: Tippoo Sahib  - 14 results

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Tippoo Sahib
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
TIPPOO SAHIB or Tipu Sahib both: tip oo sa hib, 1749 99, Indian...was forced to cede territory. In 1798, Tippoo formed a vague alliance with the French...alliance with the nizam of Hyderabad. Tippoo was killed (May, 1799) defending his...
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Tipu Sahib
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
TIPU SAHIB or Tipu Sultan: see Tippoo Sahib . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Coimbatore
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...approach to the Palghat Gap, the major pass through the Western Ghats, it was important in the wars of Haidar Ali and Tippoo Sahib. The British obtained undisputed possession of Coimbatore in 1799. The city is a district administrative center and...
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Vellore
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...agricultural market town. In the 18th cent. Vellore was the stronghold of the Indian leaders Haidar Ali and his son Tippoo Sahib , and it was the site of a brief sepoy uprising against the British in 1806. An ancient fort, a 14th-century temple...
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Shrirangapattana
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...of Mysore (now Karnataka). The greatest builder was Tippoo Sahib , who left a large mosque, a summer palace, and a mausoleum...its capture (1799) by the British in a battle in which Tippoo was killed. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia...
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