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
...begging him to forward a letter to Tippoo Sahib. His message to the Sultan of Mysore...the letter reached the Tiger, as Tippoo liked to call himself, matters little...Seringepatam by storm; they found Tippoo's body under a heap of corpses...
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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
...was continued for a year by his son Tippoo Sahib, with such indecisive results that...began. In 1790, an attack which Tippoo Sahib had made some months before...alliances, but the war was conducted by Tippoo with extraordinary courage and ability...
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British History in the Nineteenth Century (1782-1901)
Book by George Macaulay Trevelyan; Longmans, Green, 1922
Subjects: Great Britain--History--19th Century
...by the fanatical Moslem Sultan, Tippoo, while to the north and west lay...death of Englands bitterest foe, Tippoo Sahib, sabre in hand, at the storming...native State to-day. 1799 Both Tippoo and the Maratha chiefs were lured...
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Letters of Charles Eliot Norton - Vol. 1
Book by Sara Norton, M. A. Dewolfe Howe, Charles Eliot Norton; Houghton Mifflin, 1913
Subjects: Norton, Charles Eliot--1827-1908
...the evening were the grandsons of Tippoo Sahib. 1 They receive a very large pension...well. The head of the family of Tippoo has invited me to come to see them...the memorials which they have of Tippoo...
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Early Memories
Book by Henry Cabot Lodge; C. Scribners Sons, 1913
Subjects: Lodge, Henry Cabot--1850-1924
...remember best were the "Cataract of the Ganges" and "Tippoo Sahib." The former culminated in the heroines escape from...steps so that an educated horse could gallop up them. "Tippoo Sahib" was a thrilling presentation of the criminal career...
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magazine articles on: Tippoo Sahib  - 2 results

 
 
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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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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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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
...He hated looting and 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...


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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...was forced to cede territory. In 1798, Tippoo formed a vague alliance with the French...in 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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Bangalore
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...original rulers of Bangalore after the British defeated Tippoo Sahib , the son of Haidar Ali, at Shrirangapatna in 1799...station from 1831 to 1881. The remains of the palace of Tippoo Sahib and several institutes of learning, notably the Indian...
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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...capture (1799) by the British in a battle in which Tippoo was killed...
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Cuddalore
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Tamil Nadu state, Cuddalore handles less than 2% of Indias total foreign trade. Fort St. David, a stronghold of Tippoo Sahib, is a notable architectural monument. The city was hit by the Dec., 2004, Indian Ocean tsunami...
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