Kings of Mysore

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 26. Chapters: Wodeyar dynasty of Mysore, Tipu Sultan, Jayachamaraja Wodeyar, Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV, Mummadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar, Dodda Krishnaraja I, Kempa Nanjammani Vani Vilasa Sannidhana, Maharaja of Mysore, Kanteerava Narasimharaja Wadiyar, Srikanta Datta Narsimharaja Wodeyar, Rani Vijaya Devi, Kanthirava Narasaraja II, Splendours of Royal Mysore, Krishnaraja Wodeyar II, Tripura Sundari Ammani. Excerpt: Tipu Sultan (Kannada: ¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿, Urdu: ) (November 1750, Devanahalli - 4 May 1799, Seringapatam), also known as the Tiger of Mysore, was the de facto ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore. He was the son of Hyder Ali, at that time an officer in the Mysorean army, and his second wife, Fatima or Fakhr-un-nissa. He was given a number of honorific titles, and was referred to as Sultan Fateh Ali Khan Shahab, Tipu Saheb, or Bahadur Khan Tipu Sultan. During Tipu's childhood, his father rose to take power in Mysore, and Tipu took over rule of the kingdom upon his father's death. In addition to his role as ruler, he was a scholar, soldier, and poet. He was a devout Muslim but the majority of his subjects were Hindus. At the request of the French, he built a church, the first in Mysore. He was proficient in many languages. In alliance with the French in their struggle with the British, and in Mysore's struggles with other surrounding powers, both Tipu Sultan and Hyder Ali used their French trained army against the Marathas, Sira, Malabar, Coorg, Bednur, Carnatic, and Travancore. He won important victories against the British in the Second Anglo-Mysore War, and negotiated the 1784 Treaty of Mangalore with them after his father died the previous year. He engaged in expansionist attacks against his neighbors, and harshly put down rebellions within his territories, deporting whole populations into confinement in Seringapatam. He remained an implacable enemy of the British, bringing them into renewed conflict with an attack on British-allied Travancore in 1789. In the Third Anglo-Mysore War Tipu was forced into a humiliating peace, losing a number of previously conquered territories, such as Malabar and Mangalore. He sent embassies to foreign states, including the Ottoman Empire and France, in an attempt to rally opposition to the British. In the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War the combined forces of the British East India Company, the Nizam of Hyderabad defeated Tipu and he was killed on