Tipu Sultan

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Tipu Sultan was the 18th-century ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore in southern India, renowned for his military resistance against British expansion and his pioneering use of rocketry in warfare.

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Label Occurrences
Tipu Sultan canonical 72
Fath Ali Sahab Tipu 1
Tipu Sahib 1

Statements (57)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Sultan of Mysore
human
monarch
ruler
ally French First Republic
French monarchy
alsoKnownAs Tiger of Mysore
Tipu Sultan
surface form: Tipu Sahib
birthDate 1750-11-20
birthPlace Devanahalli
Kingdom of Mysore
capital Srirangapatna
conflict Fourth Anglo-Mysore War
Second Anglo-Mysore War
Third Anglo-Mysore War
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Mysore
deathDate 1799-05-04
deathPlace Kingdom of Mysore
Srirangapatna
diedIn Fourth Anglo-Mysore War
ethnicGroup Muslim of South India
father Hyder Ali
fullName Tipu Sultan self-linksurface differs
surface form: Fath Ali Sahab Tipu
hasWork military manual on rocketry (attributed)
implemented land revenue reforms in Mysore
state-controlled trading system
introduced new calendar in Mysore
new coinage in Mysore
languageSpoken Kannada
Persian
Urdu language
surface form: Urdu
legacy considered an early pioneer of rocket artillery
remains a controversial figure in Indian historiography
mother Fakr-un-Nisa
surface form: Fatima Fakhr-un-Nisa
notableFor alliance with France against the British
military resistance against British expansion in India
modernization of the Kingdom of Mysore
pioneering military use of rockets
opponent British East India Company
Travancore
surface form: Kingdom of Travancore

Maratha Empire
Kingdom of Hyderabad
surface form: Nizam of Hyderabad
patronOf Islamic scholarship
Persian literature
placeOfBurial Gumbaz at Srirangapatna
positionHeld Ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore
Sultan of Mysore
predecessor Hyder Ali
reignEnd 1799
reignStart 1782
religion Islam
spouse Fatima Begum
Khadija Zaman Begum
Ruqqiya Banu
successor Krishnaraja Wadiyar III
symbol tiger
used iron-cased rockets in warfare

Referenced by (74)

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Third Anglo-Mysore War commander Tipu Sultan
Srirangapatna associatedWith Tipu Sultan
Srirangapatna laterStrengthenedBy Tipu Sultan
subject surface form: Srirangapatna Fort
Srirangapatna containsTombOf Tipu Sultan
subject surface form: Gumbaz at Srirangapatna
Srirangapatna builtBy Tipu Sultan
subject surface form: Jama Masjid, Srirangapatna
Treaty of Seringapatam relatedTo Tipu Sultan
Anglo-Mysore Wars conflictBetween Tipu Sultan
Anglo-Mysore Wars opponent Tipu Sultan
Anglo-Mysore Wars notableCommander Tipu Sultan
Kingdom of Mysore notableRuler Tipu Sultan
Mysorean forces commander Tipu Sultan
Mysorean forces reformsBy Tipu Sultan
Mysore army notableCommander Tipu Sultan
Mysore army patron Tipu Sultan
Hyder Ali successor Tipu Sultan
Hyder Ali child Tipu Sultan
Treaty of Mangalore party Tipu Sultan
Treaty of Mangalore relatedTo Tipu Sultan
Tipu Sultan fullName Tipu Sultan self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Fath Ali Sahab Tipu
Tipu Sultan alsoKnownAs Tipu Sultan
this entity surface form: Tipu Sahib
Siege of Bangalore opponent Tipu Sultan
Siege of Bangalore commander Tipu Sultan
Siege of Bangalore relatedTo Tipu Sultan
Battle of Arakere commander Tipu Sultan
Battle of Arakere opponentOf Tipu Sultan
Mysore under Tipu Sultan ruler Tipu Sultan
General George Harris opponent Tipu Sultan
Battle of Seedaseer opponent Tipu Sultan